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The  Princes  Offered 
Willingly 


THE  NEW  WORLD  MOVEMENT  OF  NORTHERN  BAPTISTS 


The  Princes  Offered 
Willingly 


THE  GENERAL  BOARD  OF  PROMOTION 
OF  THE  NORTHERN  BAPTIST  CONVENTION 

276  FIFTH  AVENUE  •  NEW  YORK 


YOUR  LORD’S  COMMAND 

“Go  ye,  therefore,  and  teach  all  nations, 
Baptizing  them  in  the  Name  of  the  Father 
And  of  the  Son  and  of  the  Holy  Spirit; 
Teaching  them  to  observe  all  things 
Whatsoever  I  have  commanded  you:  and  lo, 
I  am  with  you  all  the  days, 

Even  unto  the  end  of  the  ages.” 

- — Matthew  28:19-20. 


FOREWORD 


WE  ASSUME  that  you  acknowledge  the  supremacy  of 
Jesus  Christ  in  your  life  and  purposes.  “In  him  is  life 
and  the  life  is  the  light  of  men.  And  the  Light  shineth  in 
darkness.”  We  cannot  wonder  at  the  marvelous  plans  and 
purposes  of  the  Infinite  Creator  but  we  marvel  at  the  great 
honor  he  has  conferred  upon  us  in  making  us  “workers  to¬ 
gether  with  him”  in  the  greatest  scheme  of  all  the  ages. 

Realizing  that  there  is  a  sincere  desire,  upon  the  part  of  many 
who  recognize  the  duty  and  privilege  of  stewardship  of  life  and 
means,  to  administer  God’s  bounty  as  his  Holy  Spirit  directs, 
this  little  booklet  of  suggestions  has  been  prepared  to  aid  such 
in  arriving  at  a  wise  and  beneficent  decision. 

Surely  within  its  pages  you  will  find  an  open  door  of  privilege 
that  will  appeal  to  your  heart’s  desire  to  lay  upon  His  altar  an 
offering  worthy  of  your  love  and  appreciation.  “The  love  of 
Christ  constraineth  us.” 

Here  are  deserving  objects  of  prayer.  We  urge  your  sincere 
and  persistent  offering  of  intercession.  God  alone  can  measure 
its  value  and  efficacy. 

The  Master  today  sits  over  against  the  treasury  of  your  life. 
His  kind  and  tender  face  is  turned  toward  you.  He  is  concerned 
to  know  what  response  you  are  making  to  his  appeal  for  help  to 
bring  in  the  Kingdom. 

“The  princes  offered  willingly.  And  they  with  whom  pre¬ 
cious  stones  were  found  gave  them  to  the  treasure  of  the  house 
of  Jehovah.” 


HIS  PLAN 


SOMEBODY  has  supposed  the  scene  that  he  thinks  may 
have  taken  place  after  Jesus  went  back  to  heaven. 
The  Master  is  walking  with  Gabriel,  talking  intently,  earnestly. 
Gabriel  is  saying:  “Master,  you  died  for  the  whole  world  down 
there,  did  you  not  ?  ”  “Yes.”  “You  must  have  suffered  much ,  ’  ’ 
with  an  earnest  look  into  that  great  face.  “Yes,”  again  comes 
the  answer  in  a  wondrous  voice,  very  quiet  but  strangely  full  of 
deepest  feeling.  “And  do  they  all  know  about  it?”  “Oh,  no; 
only  a  few  in  Palestine  know  about  it  so  far.”  “Well,  Master, 
what  is  your  plan  ?  What  have  you  done  about  telling  the  world 
that  you  have  died  for  them?  What  is  your  plan?” 

“Well,”  the  Master  is  supposed  to  answer,  “I  asked  Peter 
and  James  and  John,  and  little  Scotch  Andrew,  and  some  more 
of  them  down  there,  just  to  make  it' the  business  of  their  lives 
to  tell  others,  and  the  others  others,  and  yet  others,  and  still 
others,  until  the  last  man  in  the  farthest  circle  has  heard  the 
story,  and  has  felt  the  thrilling  and  the  thralling  power  of  it.” 

And  Gabriel  knows  us  folks  down  here  pretty  well.  He  has 
had  more  than  one  contact  with  the  earth.  He  knows  the  kind 
of  stuff  in  us.  And  he  is  supposed  to  answer,  with  a  sort  of 
hesitating  reluctance,  as  though  he  could  see  difficulties  in  the 
working  of  the  plan,  “Yes — but — suppose  Peter  fails.  Suppose 
after  a  while  John  simply  does  not  tell  others.  Suppose  their 
descendants,  their  successors  away  off  in  the  first  edge  of  the 
twentieth  century,  get  so  busy  about  things— some  of  them  proper 
enough,  some  of  them  may  not  be  so  proper — that  they  do  not 
tell  others,  what  then ?  ”  And  his  eyes  are  big  with  the  intenseness 
of  his  thought,  for  he  is  thinking  of  the  suffering,  and  he  is 
thinking,  too,  of  the  difference  to  the  man  who  hasn’t  been 
told, — “What  then?” 

And  back  comes  that  quiet,  wondrous  voice  of  Jesus. 
“Gabriel,  I  haven’t  made  any  other  plans, — I’m  counting  on 
them.”  — S.  D.  Gordon. 


The  PRINCES  OFFERED  WILLINGLY 


A  BIT  OF  HISTORY 

4T  the  session  of  the  Northern  Baptist  Convention  in  Denver  in  1919 
the  New  World  Movement  of  Northern  Baptists  was  inaugurated. 

A.  This  Movement  was  the  crystallization  of  a  purpose  on  the  part  of 
those  who  were  present  to  respond  to  the  challenge  of  the  new  hour 
and  to  send  the  gospel  of  Christ  to  the  ends  of  the  earth.  The  purpose 
expressed  itself  in  a  determination  to  raise  within  a  period  of  five  years 
not  less  than  One  Hundred  Million  Dollars  for  the  spread  of  the  gospel 
throughout  the  world. 

During  the  first  twelve  months  this  New  World  Movement  has 
.achieved  a  remarkable  success.  Northern  Baptists  have  paid  or  have 
pledged  for  missionary  and  educational  work  not  less  than  $51,929,- 
920.  In  addition  to  this  a  few  individual  Baptists  have  paid  to  three 
of  our  national  boards  $12,300,000.  These  latter  all  accrue  to  the  ad¬ 
vancement  of  the  work  of  these  boards  but  by  special  request  of  the  don¬ 
ors  they  do  not  count  on  the  Hundred  Million  Dollar  Fund.  This  still 
leaves,  therefore,  $48,070,080  yet  to  be  raised  to  complete  the  full  fund. 
Toward  this  $48,070,080,  however,  we  have  pledges  of  $3,000,000,  one 
million  and  a  half  available  when  we  have  reached  $62,500,000  and  an¬ 
other  million  and  a  half  when  we  have  reached  $87,500,000.  In  order 
to  insure  the  full  success  of  our  objective,  therefore,  there  still  remain 
for  us  to  raise  $45,000,000.  The  success  already  achieved  stimulates 
our  faith  and  assurance  that  God  approves  our  purpose. 

Two  states  have  already  exceeded  their  allotment,  Arizona  and  North 
Dakota.  The  other  states  have  had  varying  degrees  of  success  in 
securing  the  apportionments  that  have  been  made  to  them.  Reports 
are  very  slow  in  coming  in,  but  so  far  we  know  that  1,760  churches  have 
reached  or  exceeded  their  apportionments.  Reports  indicate  also  that 
about  4,553  churches  out  of  a  total  of  8,821  entered  actively  into  the 
campaign. 

The  most  important  and  significant  results,  however,  have  not  been 
the  financial  but  the  spiritual.  As  a  result  of  their  efforts  to  give  to  the 
full  measure  of  their  ability  for  the  spread  of  the  gospel,  many  churches 
experienced  most  marked  spiritual  quickening,  showing  the  close  rela¬ 
tion  between  these  two  phases  of  the  Christian  life.  Many  a  church  has 
experienced  the  fulfilment  of  the  promise,  “Bring  ye  the  whole  tithe 
into  the  storehouse  and  I  will  pour  you  out  a  blessing  that  there  shall 
not  be  room  enough  to  receive  it.” 

Some  most  interesting  stories  have  come  to  hand  of  the  experiences 
of  these  churches.  Only  two  or  three  can  be  cited. 

One  church  in  Wisconsin  oversubscribed  its  allotment  the  first  night 
of  the  campaign,  owing  to  the  enthusiasm  of  the  pastor  and  the  loyal 
support  of  the  people.  The  results  upon  the  life  of  the  church  are  re¬ 
vealed  in  the  statements  of  two  prominent  business  men.  An  attorney 
said:  “The  actual  raising  of  the  money  quota  was  a  splendid  thing  in 
itself,  but  was  not  as  encouraging  as  the  spirit  which  manifested  itself. 
There  existed  such  a  united  and  universal  spirit  of  devotion  to  the  church 
that  many  marveled.  It  was  really  a  revelation  of  the  power  of  faith 
when  coupled  with  work.”  An  importer  in  this  church  said:  “Aside 
from  the  financial  returns,  the  New  World  Moverfient  was  well  worth 


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the  effort,  for  old  workers  were  developed  and  new  ones  discovered, 
and  new  people  became  interested  in  the  church/’ 

A  church  in  Pennsylvania  had  become  very  much  interested  in  the 
campaign  and  was  following  out  each  step  of  the  Standard  Plan  of 
action,  when  just  before  the  pledges  were  to  be  taken  their  house 
of  worship  was  burned  to  the  ground.  They  immediately  set  about 
raising  the  funds  for  the  new  church  but  they  did  not  permit  them¬ 
selves  to  become  absorbed  in  this  project  of  their  own.  In  May  they 
made  their  canvass  for  the  New  World  Movement  and  pledged  their  full 
quota  of  $10,000. 

Another  church  with  a  quota  of  about  $35,000  thought  it  could  not  . 
be  raised.  The  first  day  the  full  allotment  was  subscribed.  The  pastor 
of  this  church  said:  “We  have  the  answer  to  the  following  objections: 
First,  ‘Our  quota  is  too  big’;  (a)  not  when  we  take  it  to  God,  (b)  not 
when  we  tabulate  the  earnings  of  the  congregation.  Second,  ‘  The  peo¬ 
ple  object  to  pledging’;  in  this  church  less  than  one  and  a  half  per  cent, 
objected.  Third,  ‘They  won’t  pledge  for  four  years;’  less  than  half  of 
one  per  cent,  refused.  Fourth,  ‘Even  if  subscribed,  it  won’t  be  paid’; 
the  first  Sunday  in  this  church  the  contribution  to  missionary  enter¬ 
prises  was  more  than  in  the  whole  twelve  months  previous.  Fifth,  ‘A 
financial  drive  kills  the  spiritual  life  of  a  church  ’ ;  on  this  same  Sunday, 
with  the  money  came  twenty-nine  new  members  to  the  church,  sixteen 
by  baptism,  and  the  whole  church  felt  a  revival  spirit.” 

“  The  challenge  is  so  great  that  we  are  driven  to  God  to  fulfil  it,  and 
this  makes  for  spirituality.” 

There  can  be  no  question  that  there  are  blessings  undreamed  of  for 
hundreds  of  our  churches  when  they  shall  have  fulfilled  this  law  of  spir¬ 
itual  life.  The  surest  way  to  insure  a  great  revival  of  religion  in  America 
is  to  fulfil  this  simple  law  of  life.  “The  princes  offered  willingly  *  *  * 
Then  the  people  rejoiced.  And  the  king  also  rejoiced  with  great  joy.” 

THE  SURVEY 

The  New  World  Movement  is  based  upon  the  survey  of  our  Baptist 
missionary  and  educational  work  made  by  the  Committee  on  Survey 
and  presented  to  the  Northern  Baptist  Convention  at  Denver.  This 
volume  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  pages  tells  the  story  of  what  American 
Baptists  have  accomplished  in  the  century  of  their  missionary  work. 

It  reveals  the  present  situation  of  our  missionary  and  educational  work, 
the  opportunities  that  are  awaiting  us  and  the  calls  that  are  being  made 
upon  us.  It  also  outlines  the  work  which  imperatively  needs  to  be 
undertaken  during  these  five  years. 

Over  200,000  copies  of  this  Survey  have  been  distributed,  helping 
very  largely  in  creating  the  enlightened  enthusiasm  of  last  year  in  the 
New  World  Movement.  This  book  is  mailed  without  charge  to  any 
one  who  will  ask  for  it.  It  should  be  studied  in  connection  with  this 
booklet  as  it  will  throw  interesting  light  upon  the  fields  and  oppor¬ 
tunities  suggested  here.  Write  to  your  State  Director  of  Promotion, 
or  The  General  Board  of  Promotion,  276  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York,  and 
as  many  copies  as  you  wish  will  be  sent  you  free  and  postpaid. 

SPECIFIC  OBJECTS  OF  INTEREST 

The  New  World  Movement  is  a  denominational  program  born  of  a 
sincere  desire  to  respond  in  a  worthy  manner  to  the  command  of  our 


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Lord  to  give  his  gospel  to  all  peoples.  That  should  be  the  supreme 
purpose  of  the  Church  of  Christ.  The  petition  “Thy  Kingdom  come” 
should  always  hold  first  place  in  our  individual  prayers  and  lives. 

The  plans  of  the  New  World  Movement  for  1920  called  for  a  united 
appeal  for  all  the  interests  represented  in  that  great  movement.  There 
are  many  people,  however,  who  have  become  more  or  less  interested  in 
some  hospital  or  school  or  mission  station.  They  may  know  some 
consecrated  missionary  or  teacher  or  physician  who  is  giving  his  life 
to  the  Kingdom.  And  they  desire  to  follow  their  personal  interest 
and  their  prayers  with  their  gifts.  We  desire  to  assist  those  who 
have  this  attitude  toward  the  work  of  the  Kingdom,  and  to  aid  them 
in  a  more  careful  study  of  the  world’s  needs  and  to  a  more  intimate 
knowledge  of  some  of  the  interesting  phases  of  our  work  this  booklet 
is  published. 

Here  are  numerous  opportunities  to  give  expression  to  your  desire  to 
do  a  worthy  piece  of  work  and  to  make  it  possible  for  your  life  and 
influence  to  go  on  down  through  the  centuries. 

Surely  somewhere  within  these  pages  you  will  find  your  God-given 
opportunity  to  kindle  your  light  that  may  shine,  to  send  a  messenger  of 
healing  or  to  be  an  evangelist,  by  proxy,  or  to  serve  twenty-four  hours 
each  day  by  having  a  representative  on  the  other  side  of  the  world  who 
will  be  in  action  while  you  sleep. 

God  knows.  He  knows  your  ability.  He  is  wondering  if  you  will  be 
true  to  Him  in  this  great  needy  hour  of  his  old  world. 

We  shall  be  glad  to  furnish  further  information  about  any  of  the 
objects. 

In  selecting  any  item  in  these  lists  as  the  object  towards  which  he 
wishes  to  make  his  subscription,  it  is  very  important  that  the  subscriber 
communicate  with  The  General  Board  of  Promotion,  Special  Gifts 
Department,  276  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York  City,  to  make  certain  that 
provision  for  that  particular  object  has  not  already  been  made  by  some 
other  subscriber,  as  selections  from  these  lists  are  being  constantly 
made.  Immediately  upon  receiving  definite  subscriptions  for  any  of 
these  objects,  the  Special  Gifts  Department  will  notify  the  organization 
concerned  in  order  that  on  the  basis  of  such  subscriptions  plans  may  be 
made  for  carrying  out  the  work. 

We  regret  that  we  cannot  extend  the  privilege  of  designation  to  gifts 
that  have  been  made  previously,  as  arrangements  have  already  been 
made  for  their  distribution  and  the  work  authorized. 

It  should  be  understood  that  all  these  special  gifts  when  made  for 
any  object  listed  in  this  booklet  or  any  other  object  within  the  budget 
will  count  upon  the  One  Hundred  Million  Dollar  Fund. 

SOME  SPECIAL  GIFTS 

The  Survey  presented  at  Denver  indicated  some  very  interesting 
and  important  projects  which  we  had  in  mind  in  connection  with  our 
missionary  and  educational  work  around  the  world.  Provision  for  some 
of  these  projects  has  already  been  made. 

The  Ministers  and  Missionaries  Benefit  Board  desired  to  increase 
its  permanent  funds  to  $10,000,000  in  order  that  it  might  begin 
the  payment  of  pensions  to  our  ministers.  Since  the  Denver  Conven¬ 
tion  it  has  received  $4,000,000,  which  brings  its  funds  up  to  $6,000,000. 
On  the  expectation  of  further  additions  from  the  campaign  it  has  already 


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inaugurated  its  pension  system  and  pensions  are  now  available  for  all 
Baptist  workers. 

The  American  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society  and  the  American 
Baptist  Foreign  Mission  Society  have  each  received  an  addition  of 
$4,000,000  to  their  permanent  funds,  thus  assuring  a  substantial 
increase  in  their  income. 

The  Woman’s  American  Baptist  Foreign  Mission  Society  has  received 
several  notable  gifts: 

Africa — Woman’s  mission  bungalow,  Vanga:  Jubilee  gift  of  the 
Rocky  Mountain  District. 

Assam — Hospital  for  women  and  children,  Gauhati:  Jubilee  gift  of 
West  Central  District. 

Gale  Memorial  Bible  Training  School  for  Women,  given  by  Mrs. 
Gale  in  memory  of  her  husband,  the  late  Col.  C.  W.  Gale. 

Burma — Kemendine  assembly  hall  and  dormitory,  Rangoon:  Jubilee 
gift  from  New  York  District. 

Caroline  A.  Benton  Hostel  for  Girls,  Judson  College,  Rangoon: 
Memorial  gift  from  Mrs.  M.  Grant  Edmands  and  daughters. 

Bengal-Orissa — High  School  for  Girls,  Midnapore:  Jubilee  gift  of 
Columbia  River  District. 

East  China — High  School  for  Girls,  Ningpo:  Jubilee  gift  of  East  Cen¬ 
tral  District. 

Enlargement  of  School  for  Mothercraft,  Huchow:  Gift  from  C.  P. 
Hoyt. 

South  China — High  school  and  dormitory  building  for  girls,  Abigail 
Hart  Scott  Memorial,  Swatow:  Jubilee  gift  of  Central  District. 

World  Wide  Guild  Dormitory  for  Abigail  Hart  Scott  Memorial 
School  for  Girls:  Jubilee  gift  of  World  Wide  Guild. 

West  China — Women’s  residence  and  mission  compound,  Chengtu: 
Jubilee  gift  of  South  Pacific  District. 

South  India — Hospital  for  women  and  children,  Mahbubnagar: 
Jubilee  gift  of  New  England  District. 

Japan — Christian  Neighborhood  House,  Osaka:  Jubilee  gift  of  North¬ 
west  District. 

Shirk  Kindergarten  Building,  Kobe:  Given  by  Mrs.  Milton  Shirk 
in  memory  of  her  son. 

The  Home  Mission  Society  has  received  a  gift  of  $50,000  for  Bacone 
College  in  Oklahoma. 

Other  friends  have  made  specific  gifts  of  $20,000  and  $50,000  for 
Indian  work. 

The  General  Education  Board  has  also  contributed  $80,000  for 
Bacone  College  for  Indians. 

Many  of  our  colleges  and  schools  are  receiving  specific  gifts  toward 
endowment  funds  and  buildings.  Here  are  splendid  opportunities  to 
provide  a  memorial  for  a  father,  mother,  wife  or  child  by  giving 
greatly  needed  buildings  for  some  of  our  schools  at  home  and  abroad. 


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THE  INVESTMENT  OF  LIFE 

The  program  cannot  be  carried  out  without  a  great  investment  of 
life.  Money  will  not  carry  the  gospel,  it  will  only  carry  the  messengers. 
But  the  program  has  not  failed  of  its  appeal  to  many  of  our  finest  young 
people. 

The  Survey  called  for  the  appointment  of  228  missionary  families 
and  176  women  missionaries  for  the  foreign  field  alone  within  the  five 
years.  Already  92  new  missionaries  have  been  appointed. 


RELIEF  WORK  IN  EUROPE 

IN  JULY  of  this  present  year  a  conference  was  held  in  the  city 
of  London  by  representatives  of  the  Baptists  of  the  United 
States  and  Europe.  Northern  Baptists  were  represented  by 
Secretary  James  H.  Franklin,  President  Emory  W.  Hunt,  Rev. 
A.  T.  Fowler,  Mornay  Williams  and  Secretary  Charles  A. 
Brooks.  At  this  conference  detailed  information  was  given 
of  the  suffering  of  the  Baptist  people  of  Eastern  Europe  owing 
to  the  conditions  which  have  grown  out  of  the  war.  The 
personal  investigation  of  Dr.  Brooks  revealed  the  fact  that 
millions  of  people  are  destitute  and  on  the  threshold  of 
starvation.  The  conference  determined  that  the  Baptists  of 
Europe  and  of  America  ought  to  provide  at  least  $1,000,000 
during  the  next  three  years  for  the  relief  of  these  people  and 
that  one-half  of  this  ought  to  come  from  America.  There  has 
therefore  been  included  in  the  budget  of  the  HundredMillion 
Dollar  Fund  the  sum  of  $500,000.  Surely  this  need  will  appeal 
to  the  hearts  of  thousands  of  American  Baptists  who  will 
appreciate  the  suffering  of  their  brethren  across  the  seas. 
Many  of  them  were  our  comrades  in  arms,  all  of  them  are  our 
brethren  in  the  faith.  By  the  generous  response  to  this  appeal 
we  shall  add  years  to  the  lives  of  many  starving  children  and 
give  renewal  of  life  to  those  who  have  represented  our  faith  in 
this  trying  period. 

It  is  impossible  at  present  to  give  definite  figures  regarding 
needs  in  the  devastated  regions  of  Northern  France,  but  already 
it  is  evident  that  at  least  six  new  Baptist  church  buildings  will 
be  required  at  a  cost  of  perhaps  $10,000  to  $25,000  each.  The 
Baptists  in  the  devastated  regions  will  not  be  able  in  the  near 
future  to  contribute  any  large  sum  for  the  restoration  of  their 
ruined  houses  of  worship.  They  will  look  to  American  Baptists 
for  relief  in  the  hour  of  their  great  need. 

This  work  will  be  administered  by  the  American  Baptist 
Foreign  Mission  Society,  which  has  for  many  years  maintained 
missionary  work  in  Europe.  The  new  situation  has  created 
many  new  demands  on  that  troubled  continent. 


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THE  STATE  CONVENTIONS  AND  CITY 
MISSION  SOCIETIES 

The  first  section  of  this  book  deals  with  the  work  of  the  State  Con¬ 
ventions  and  City  Mission  Societies.  There  are  35  State  Conventions 
affiliating  with  the  Northern  Baptist  Convention  and  11  Standard  City 
Mission  Societies.  The  outstanding  needs  of  these  various  organiza¬ 
tions  are  described  briefly  in  the  following  pages. 

Maine 

A  missionary  pastor  evangelist  in  each  of  17  associations  to  care  for 
and  stimulate  rural  churches.  $34,000  needed  for  salaries,  of  which  half 
would  be  raised  on  the  field.  This  need  is  acute. 

A  university  pastor  at  the  University  of  Maine. 

A  special  appropriation  of  $1,000  a  year  to  strengthen  the  work  on 
Mt.  Desert  Island,  where  Bar  Harbor  is  located. 

New  Hampshire 

The  religious  problem  in  New  Hampshire  is  largely  a  rural  problem. 
Population  is  widely  scattered  and  many  villages  are  being  depleted. 
This  means,  in  scores  of  places,  that  if  religious  services  are  to  be  con¬ 
tinued,  missionary  funds  must  be  available.  This  demands  $10,000 
per  year. 

Colporters  and  missionaries  must  visit  sparsely  settled  districts. 
Cost,  $7,800  per  year. 

The  Swedish  churches  in  Concord  and  Manchester  require  mission¬ 
ary  funds.  $1,800  per  year. 

Massachusetts 

The  pressing  needs  are  for  large  development  of  work  among  the  New 
Americans,  who  are  becoming  an  increasingly  important  factor  in  the 
life  of  a  state  where  in  several  cities  the  foreign  born  are  90  per  cent, 
of  the  population.  Only  a  few  of  many  pressing  needs  are  mentioned. 

Lawrence.  The  Italian  mission  has  been  one  of  the  most  successful 
in  America.  Thousands  have  heard  the  gospel  and  large  numbers  have 
responded.  The  mission  rooms  are  crowded  and  not  large  enough  for 
many  who  would  come.  Larger  quarters  are  imperative  if  the  work  is 
to  prosper  as  it  may.  $25,000  would  provide  a  suitable  building. 

Worcester.  The  Italian  mission  should  be  housed  in  a  community 
house.  The  two  stores  occupied  at  present  are  inadequate  for  the  diver¬ 
sified  work.  $95,000  would  secure  the  new  building.  New  buildings 
are  also  needed  for  the  French  and  Finnish  missions. 

Springfield.  A  small  building  is  needed  in  the  midst  of  the  Italian 
colony  for  the  Baptists.  Services  now  have  to  be  held  at  a  long  dis¬ 
tance  and  it  is  difficult  to  draw  the  people  so  far.  A  modest  provision 
could  be  made  for  $12,000. 

Cambridge.  The  Portuguese  have  taken  initiative  in  securing  quar¬ 
ters  for  their  mission.  They  are  very  poor  and  dingy.  $20,000  should 


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be  made  available  for  permanent  quarters  for  these  people,  who  are 
ready  to  help  themselves. 

Boston.  The  old  Baptist  Bethel  was  originally  established  as  a  haven 
for  sailors.  It  still  has  a  large  ministry  to  these  people,  but  in  addition 
is  a  center  for  an  important  work  among  the  Italians  of  the  North  End. 
$15,000  per  year  is  needed  to  maintain  this  work. 

The  Massachusetts  Convention  needs  to  make  investments  in  church 
buildings  at  16  different  points,  the  amounts  varying  from  $1,500  to 
$15,000.  These  are  all  strategic  points  in  growing  centers.  Names  of 
localities  can  be  secured  at  the  Boston  office  of  the  Convention. 


Rhode  Island 

Providence  has  two  Italian  chapels.  Neither  building  is  adequate. 
Both  must  be  torn  down  and  replaced;  at  Marietta  Street  with  a  church 
and  social  building,  at  Dean  Street  with  a  community  center.  Amount 
needed,  $20,000. 


Connecticut 


The  outstanding  needs  of  the  Connecticut  Convention  are  specific 
gifts  for  church  edifice  work.  The  following  list  includes  the  more  im¬ 
portant: 


West  Haven .  $8,000 

New  Haven,  Grand  Av. . .  5,000 

West  Hartford .  10,000 

Torrington,  Calvary .  5,000 

Danbury  (Negro) .  5,000 


Hartford,  Blue  Hills .  $5,000 

Willimantic .  5,000 

New  Haven,  Olivet .  5,000 

Hartford,  Olivet .  5,000 


Ocean  Park  Assembly. . . .  5,000 


The  Convention  has  agreed  to  put  $2,500  a  year  into  Suffield 
Academy  and  needs  specific  gifts  to  meet  the  arrangement. 


A  colporter  missionary  at  $1,500  a  year. 


New  York 

New  York  City 

The  needs  of  the  City  of  New  York  are  too  great  and  too  complex 
to  be  put  into  words  and  no  statement  is  adequate  to  portray  their  im¬ 
portance.  We  can  present  only  a  few  of  the  outstanding  demands: 

Fordham  Italian  Church.  Built  on  the  ashes  of  two  American 
churches,  each  compelled  to  move  because  of  adverse  environment. 
$10,000  is  needed  to  remodel  the  building  now  badly  out  of  repair  and  to 
provide  for  social  and  educational  facilities.  This  church  was  allotted 
$1,700  for  the  New  World  Movement  and  pledged  over  $5,000. 

Central  Park  Church.  In  the  heart  of  the  middle  East  Side,  being 
built  up  from  “churchless  masses”;  has  more  than  100  vigorous  young 
people  in  attendance.  Their  contributions  for  current  expenses  in¬ 
creased  from  $800  to  $2,500  in  two  years.  $50,000  is  needed  to  mod¬ 
ernize  an  old  country  meeting  house  in  the  heart  of  a  great  city. 

Second  Avenue  Church.  This  single  building  houses  six  churches 
and  missions — English,  Polish,  Italian,  Esthonian,  Russian,  Chinese. 
It  is  a  cosmopolitan  melting  pot.  $5,000  needed  for  improvements 
and  renovation. 


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Czechoslovak  Church.  Is  homeless,  being  forced  out  of  its  rented 
quarters.  A  church  building  of  another  denomination  has  been  pur¬ 
chased,  but  $5,000  is  needed  at  once  to  put  it  into  shape. 

Mariners’  Temple  is  way  downtown.  It  is  a  mother  of  churches: 
Swedish,  Norwegian,  Italian,  Russian.  It  is  the  headquarters  of  Bap¬ 
tist  rescue  work  for  homeless  men.  The  building  needs  complete  re¬ 
modeling.  $50,000  will  do  it. 

Chinese  Community  House.  Needed  in  the  heart  of  Chinatown, 
which  is  without  a  church  building  or  settlement  of  any  kind.  $50,000 
will  provide  a  center  for  the  religious,  educational  and  social  needs  of 
these  strangers  within  our  gates. 

Harlem  is  said  to  be  the  “thinking  spot”  of  the  Negro  race  in  Amer¬ 
ica.  At  least  it  is  the  center  of  an  immense  Negro  population.  A 
center  for  educational  and  social  work  is  needed  to  supplement  the 
activities  of  the  churches.  $50,000  would  stimulate  the  Negroes  to 
raise  $100,000  for  themselves. 

Brooklyn  Negro  Churches  also  need  a  Center  to  supplement  their 
meager  equipment.  $50,000  would  be  an  inducement  here  also. 

Strong  Place  Church  was  one  of  the  great  churches  of  Brooklyn.  It 
has  a  new  neighborhood  now  which  needs  a  different  kind  of  ministry. 
Its  magnificent  Gothic  building  should  be  attached  to  a  new  community 
house,  where  work  of  social  reconstruction  could  be  carried  on.  This 
will  require  at  least  $100,000,  but  it  will  bring  a  rich  harvest. 

$100  per  month  will  provide  a  woman  missionary  for  a  needy  section 
of  New  York. 

$150  per  month  will  pay  the  salary  of  another  pastor  to  the  New 
Americans. 

$75  per  month  will  help  a  student  in  New  York  to  pay  for  his  educa¬ 
tion  and  at  the  same  time  enable  him  to  secure  a  valuable  experience 
in  missionary  work. 

There  are  kindergartens,  day  nurseries  and  social  centers  to  be  main¬ 
tained. 

Buffalo 

The  needs  of  the  Buffalo  City  Mission  Society  are  primarily  the  mod¬ 
ernization  of  old  church  buildings  to  meet  the  needs  of  the  new  popula¬ 
tion  and  the  erection  of  some  Christian  community  houses  where  the 
friendly  spirit  of  Christianity  may  find  expression. 

One  of  these  Christian  centers  is  required  at  Niagara  and  Virginia 
Streets.  $48,000  is  needed  at  this  point,  but  the  task  can  be  divided 
up  as  follows:  $5,000  will  remodel  the  present  old  buildings;  $30,000 
will  provide  the  new  building;  $3,000  will  furnish  it;  and  $10,000  will 
maintain  it  for  the  next  four  years. 

At  Virginia  and  Tenth  Streets  $16,500  will  purchase  a  building  al¬ 
ready  erected  and  $1,500  will  put  it  in  condition  for  use. 

Buffalo  has  one  of  the  few  missions  for  Hebrews  under  Baptist  con¬ 
trol.  The  mission  has  already  given  promise  of  success,  but  to  insure 
this  a  house  must  be  provided  at  a  cost  of  $12,000. 


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The  City  Mission  Society  must  invest  at  least  $122,000  in  other 
church  and  mission  property.  The  list  is  as  follows: 


North  Park . $25,000 

Delevan  Avenue  (social  equipment) .  12,500 

Hedstrom  Memorial  (relocated) . 18,000 

South  Park .  15,000 

Cazenovia  (rebuilt)  . •. .  12,500 

Riverside  (relocated) .  15,000 

Edison  Street  (social  equipment)  .  5,000 

Russian  and  Polish  Church .  5,000 

Hungarian  Church  (social  equipment) .  15,000 


The  Society  needs  $2,200  a  year  for  the  salaries  of  an  evangelist 
and  his  helper.  The  same  amount  would  provide  for  two  needed 
neighborhood  visitors. 

New  Jersey 

The  needs  for  missionary  work  in  New  Jersey  are  accumulating  so 
rapidly  that  it  is  almost  impossible  to  make  a  selection  for  specific  men¬ 
tion.  We  enumerate  a  few  only.  Located  between  the  two  great 
cities  of  New  York  and  Philadelphia,  New  Jersey  has  had  a  most  phe¬ 
nomenal  industrial  growth  during  the  past  few  years.  The  religious 
development  is  not  keeping  pace  with  the  industrial. 

Yorkship  is  one  of  the  war  towns,  built  to  accommodate  workmen 
in  one  of  the  great  shipyards.  There  were  1,800  homes  built,  of  stone 
and  brick,  in  less  than  two  years.  There  are  only  four  churches:  Bap¬ 
tist,  Episcopal,  Lutheran,  Catholic.  The  Convention  must  put 
$25,000  into  the  church  building. 

Bogota  is  a  new  town  for  some  of  the  overflow  from  New  York. 
Many  new  homes  building.  No  church  except  Lutheran.  Many  Bap¬ 
tist  families  there.  Convention  must  help  build  church  and  invest 
$29,000. 

Irvington  is  a  suburb  of  Newark  to  which  Baptists  are  moving  from 
the  city  constantly.  There  is  only  one  Baptist  church  and  this  is  in 
need  of  an  adequate  building.  The  Convention  needs  $5,000  to  pur¬ 
chase  a  lot. 

Union  Hill  church  is  badly  located  for  the  important  ministry 
which  it  should  render  in  a  large  district.  It  has  not  sufficient  re¬ 
sources  of  its  own  to  make  the  needed  change.  The  Convention  de¬ 
sires  to  help  to  the  extent  of  $25,000. 

Three  churches  in  New  Jersey  are  so  located  that  with  the  proper 
equipment  they  could  be  the  religious  centers  for  large  populations. 
Roadstown  and  Cherryville  are  rural  churches  in  prosperous  farming  dis¬ 
tricts.  They  are  the  only  churches  in  their  parishes.  Leonardo  is  an 
old  church  in  a  growing  town  on  the  seaboard  where  many  people  are 
moving  out.  The  Convention  feels  the  necessity  of  putting  $10,000 
into  Cherryville  and  $15,000  into  Roadstown  and  into  Leonardo. 

No  statement  of  New  Jersey  needs  would  be  adequate  which  did 
not  include  the  exten  ive  field  among  the  New  Americans.  New  Jer¬ 
sey  is  filled  with  these  strangers.  The  Hungarian  work  is  to  the  front 
just  now.  Four  churches  are  greatly  in  need  of  buildings:  Trenton, 
New  Brunswick,  Chrome  and  Perth  Amboy.  The  Convention  needs 


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funds  ranging  from  $5,000  to  $20,000  to  help  these  people  secure 
church  homes. 

Christian  Community  Centers  are  also  needed  for  the  Italians  in 
Camden,  Newark  and  Hoboken  and  for  the  Poles,  Slovaks  and  Rus¬ 
sians  in  Newark  and  Jersey  City.  It  will  require  about  $120,000  to 
meet  all  these  needs.  . 

New  Jersey  industrial  centers  have  felt  the  influx  of  the  Negroes 
who  are  organizing  many  small  independent  churches.  A  helping 
hand  will  be  greatly  appreciated. 

Delaware 

The  outstanding  need  in  Delaware  is  the  removal  of  a  debt  of  $6,000 
on  the  Polish  church.  The  debt  is  the  result  of  war  conditions.  Gen¬ 
erous-hearted  friends  will  surely  see  that  this  burden  does  not  long 
remain  on  this  promising  mission. 

Pennsylvania 

The  Baptist  interests  in  Pennsylvania  are  as  varied  as  its  diversified 
population.  One  can  invest  small  sums  or  large  in  this  state  and  be 
sure  of  results/ 

$120  will  help  a  promising  boy  or  girl  to  prepare  for  the  ministry 
or  a  missionary  career. 

$350  will  supplement  the  gifts  of  the  Hungarians  and  provide  the 
salary  of  their  missionary  in  Harrisburg. 

$500  will  do  the  same  for  the  efficient  pastor  among  the  Poles  in 
Chester. 

$600  will  complete  the  salary  of  a  blind  missionary  who  is  greatly 
blessed  in  his  ministry  to  the  Belgians. 

$500  will  complete  the  salary  of  an  Italian  missionary  who  has  been 
on  the  same  field  for  ten  years  and  who  has  done  an  important  and  per¬ 
manent  work. 

The  following  contributions  for  church  buildings  are  sought: 

$500  at  Philipsburg 
1,000  at  New  Albany 

1,000  for  the  Chinese  Mission  in  Philadelphia 
5,000  for  the  Negro  church  at  Harrisburg 
5,000  for  the  East  End  Church  at  Williamsport 


Philadelphia 

The  Philadelphia  Union  is  fortunate  in  being  able  to  purchase  at 
one-third  its  value  a  beautiful  stone  building  for  the  Italian  Baptist 
Church.  It  would  be  a  wonderful  memorial  suited  to  a  great  work,  at 
$50,000. 

Like  other  cities,  Philadelphia  has  found  the  Christian  settlement 
the  door  of  entrance  to  many  hearts.  They  want  to  increase  these 
effective  agents.  They  need  $100,000  to  carry  out  their  plans. 

New  suburbs  are  being  opened  up  all  around  Philadelphia.  The 
Baptist  Union  wants  to  be  in  on  the  ground  floor.  $60,000  will  pur¬ 
chase  the  new  lots  and  get  the  work  under  way. 


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Pittsburg 

The  Pittsburg  Association  has  three  points  which  it  wishes  to  stress 
this  present  year: 

Rankin  has  great  steel  mills.  The  people  are  prosperous  and  buying 
homes,  but  Rankin  has  no  library,  playground,  hospital,  dispensary, 
day  nursery  or  English-speaking  school  for  adults.  The  field  has  been 
allocated  to  the  Baptists.  The  Pittsburg  Association  has  a  finely 
located  lot  and  plans  are  drawn  for  a  $60,000  building  which  will  be  a 
center  for  the  expression,  under  many  forms,  of  the  spirit  of  Christ. 

Homestead  is  a  familiar  name.  Homestead  Park  is  not.  This  is 
a  new  suburb  where  the  steel  company  is  building  fine  houses  and  sell¬ 
ing  them  to  their  employees  at  cost.  Thirty-five  new  families  from 
the  First  Church  of  Homestead  have  already  moved  there.  The  Asso¬ 
ciation  wants  to  plan  for  a  strong  church  and  needs  $20,000  at  once  to 
buy  lots  and  start  the  building. 

South  Library  is  another  new  town  near  Pittsburg.  A  large  mine  has 
been  opened  and  hundreds  of  foreigners  are  coming  in.  There  is  no 
church  within  three  miles.  This  town  has  also  been  allocated  to  the 
Baptists.  We  ought  to  begin  work  at  once.  $7,500  is  needed  im¬ 
mediately. 

Indiana 

The  Indiana  Convention  carries  on  a  highly  varied  work.  It  has  an 
interesting  list  of  specifics  to  offer. 

$50  will  decorate  a  room  in  one  of  the  Community  Houses. 

$300  will  provide  the  upkeep  of  the  automobile  of  a  District  Superin¬ 
tendent. 

$600  will  pay  for  a  trained  woman  worker  in  a  neglected  district. 

$600  will  provide  the  Convention’s  share  in  the  salary  of  a  missionary 
among  the  Rumanians,  Hungarians,  or  the  Poles,  in  the  Calumet  dis¬ 
trict. 

$1,000  will  provide  Indiana’s  share  in  the  salary  of  a  man  to  work 
among  boys  in  the  community  houses. 

$500,  in  addition  to  what  he  gets  from  the  field,  will  support  a  mission¬ 
ary  pastor  in  a  neglected  section.  There  is  a  constant  demand  for 
such  men. 

$2,000  will  buy  a  lot  for  a  new  church.  There  are  at  least  six  growing 
cities  where  churches  are  needed  in  new  districts. 

A  work  of  conspicuous  success  has  been  developed  recently  in  the 
new  Community  Centers  of  East  Hammond  and  Indiana  Harbor.  The 
value  of  such  Christian  centers  of  life  and  influence  has  been  demon¬ 
strated.  It  is  now  apparent  that  in  connection  with  each  building 
there  should  be  a  chapel  and  a  gymnasium.  The  chapels  would  cost 
$12,000  each  and  the  gymnasiums  $20,000  each.  They  could  be  com¬ 
bined  at  some  saving. 

West  Virginia 

The  funds  of  the  General  Association  of  West  Virginia  are  not  at  all 

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adequate  to  meet  the  need  in  that  difficult  field.  Some  specific  gifts 
would  bring  rich  returns. 

$5,000  a  year  are  needed  in  the  Church  Edifice  Fund. 

$1,000  a  year  will  provide  social  work  in  needy  districts. 

$2,000  a  year  would  enable  the  Association  to  enter  some  promising 
fields. 

$2,000  a  year  would  make  possible  some  very  much  needed  work  in 
rural  fields  of  which  there  are  many  in  West  Virginia. 

Ohio 

Cleveland.  The  important  thing  in  Cleveland  now  is  to  provide 
for  new  churches  in  the  new  residence  districts.  There  are  some  splen¬ 
did  opportunities,  but  they  have  to  be  grasped  at  once  or  they  will  be 
lost.  Three  churches  have  recently  been  located  in  the  suburbs,  but 
they  are  all  handicapped  by  inadequate  equipment.  Suitable  build¬ 
ings  are  a  necessity.  If  these  churches  are  cared  for  now  they  will  be 
centers  of  strength  tomorrow.  The  members  of  these  churches  have 
made  generous  contributions  to  the  New  World  Movement.  The 
Lakewood  Church  needs  $35,000;  the  Inwood  Church  $25,000  and  the 
Cleveland  Heights  generous  aid. 

Michigan 

The  specific  needs  of  Michigan  are  primarily  new  and  enlarged 
church  plants  to  care  for  the  growing  communities.  We  note  a  few 
of  the  important  ones. 

Detroit  is  one  of  the  most  rapidly  growing  cities  in  the  country,  owing 
to  the  phenomenal  development  of  the  automobile  industry.  It  is  diffi¬ 
cult  for  any  of  the  denominations  to  keep  pace  with  the  growth.  We 
have  many  pressing  needs,  but  the  most  serious  task  is  caring  for  the 
great  influx  of  Negroes.  Five  Negro  churches  should  be  assisted  in 
securing  new  buildings.  At  least  $100,000  should  be  available  for  this 
purpose.  In  some  cases  an  investment  of  $10,000  will  be  sufficient. 
In  others  it  may  require  $40,000.  In  addition,  a  Christian  center 
should  be  provided  for  the  Negro  people  on  the  East  Side.  This  will 
cost  at  least  $50,000,  but  we  must  make  provision  for  the  social  and 
religious  needs  of  these  great  bodies  of  people. 

A  Christian  center  for  the  Polish  community  on  the  West  Side, 
with  adequate  provision  for  worship,  is  greatly  needed.  The  land  will 
cost  $10,000  and  the  building  $50,000  more.  The  large  Polish  popula¬ 
tion  demands  immediate  attention. 

Battle  Creek.  $15,000  for  a  lot  and  first  unit  of  a  new  building  in  a 
populous  section. 

Escanaba  on  the  northern  peninsula,  in  a  copper  mining  district: 
$20,000  for  a  new  church  building  and  parsonage. 

Flint,  a  growing  automobile  town:  four  new  churches  required, 
costing  about  $100,000. 

Kalamazoo.  A  new  building  on  portage  Street,  $30,000. 

Lansing.  Three  new  buildings:  one  on  Michigan  Avenue,  one  on 
South  Side  and  one  on  Pennsylvania  Avenue,  $50,000. 


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Muskegon.  A  new  building  at  Muskegon  Heights.  Building  for 
missions  in  North  Muskegon  and  rebuilding  Calvary  Church,  $30,000. 

Pontiac.  Two  new  buildings,  $60,000. 

Port  Huron.  New  buildings  at  Marysville,  $40,000. 

Saginaw.  New  building  at  North  End,  $40,000. 

Ypsilanti.  Parish  house  to  enable  church  to  minister  to  the  social 
needs  of  a  large  body  of  students  attending  the  Normal  College. 

Illinois 

The  State  Convention  of  Illinois  has  two  specific  amounts  which 
it  is  anxious  to  secure.  The  first  is  a  Church  Edifice  Fund  of  $100,000, 
from  which  to  make  small  grants  to  churches  which  need  aid  in  build¬ 
ing.  The  second  is  an  Endowment  Fund  of  $30,000  for  the  University 
Church  at  Champaign.  This  is  a  church  made  up  almost  entirely  of 
students  in  the  University  of  Illinois.  They  have  a  beautiful  church 
building  and  are  doing  a  wonderful  work,  but  students  have  small  in¬ 
comes  and  large  outgoes  and  the  church  must  be  supported  in  part  by 
the  State  Convention.  An  endowment  fund  will  care  for  this  obliga¬ 
tion. 

Chicago.  Every  church  problem  reaches  its  peak,  in  Chicago. 
Conditions  that  are  just  beginning  to  attract  attention  in  other  cities 
long  ago  became  acute  in  this  great  center.  All  the  tides  east  and 
west,  north  and  south,  drift  through  this  city.  The  Baptist  Exec¬ 
utive  Council  is  hard  pressed  to  meet  the  conditions.  They  do  not 
care  to  specify  funds  for  particular  points  in  a  public  appeal  but  they 
can  furnish  accurate  data  on  request.  Just  now  they  are  trying  to  grip 
with  the  Negro  situation. 

The  drift  of  southern  Negroes  to  the  North  has  flowed  through  this 
city  of  Chicago.  More  than  100,000  have  settled  in  the  city  in  the  last 
three  or  four  years.  The  largest  Negro  church  in  the  world  is  in  Chicago. 
It  worships  in  two  separate  buildings.  Small  Negro  churches  are  spring¬ 
ing  up  like  mushrooms.  Many  will  wilt  like  mushrooms,  but  others 
will  abide.  Those  which  give  promise  of  permanency  must  be  helped 
to  secure  buildings.  Two  general  missionaries  of  superior  intelligence 
are  needed  at  once  to  counsel  and  direct  these  people  and  to  exercise 
general  supervision  of  the  work. 

Immigration  is  rapidly  increasing  again.  It  bids  fair  to  approach 
the  pre-wartime  figures  very  speedily.  Chicago  is  one  of  the  best 
known  names  in  Europe  and  thousands  of  these  people  are  ticketed 
through  on  arrival.  This  demands  a  new  development  of  our  work 
among  the  Bohemians,  Italians,  Hungarians,  Slovaks,  Poles,  etc.  It 
means  that  new  work  must  be  planned  among  the  Lithuanians,  Ru¬ 
manians,  Serbians  and  other  who  are  flocking  in. 

Then,  too,  like  any  growing  city,  there  is  the  problem  of  the  new 
suburbs.  Our  work  should  be  developed  at  several  points  at  once.  At 
least  four  new  buildings  should  be  provided  immediately. 

Iowa 

The  Iowa  Baptist  Convention  is  seeking  to  secure  the  completion 
of  two  specific  funds.  It  has  already  begun  a  Church  Edifice  Fund 


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of  $100,000  and  an  Endowment  Fund  of  $150,000.  While  many  of  the 
churches  in  Iowa  have  already  erected  their  permanent  buildings,  yet 
there  is  a  demand  today  for  considerable  improvement  in  church  prop¬ 
erty.  This  makes  a  heavy  burden  upon  the  State  Convention.  If  a 
building  program  of  any  adequate  dimensions  is  inaugurated,  the  Con¬ 
vention  ought  to  be  in  a  position  to  aid  many  churches,  and  a  fund  of 
$100,000  for  this  purpose  is  none  too  large. 

The  Convention  is  also  seeking  to  secure  an  Endowment  Fund  of 
$150,000  in  order  to  enable  it  to  make  adequate  grants  to  small  churches, 
helping  to  pay  the  salaries  of  the  pastors.  While  Iowa  is  a  rich  state, 
there  are  many  churches  that  are  small  and  unable  to  raise  sufficient 
funds  to  pay  the  full  salary  of  their  ministers.  Without  such  aid  from 
the  Convention  many  churches  would  be  unable  to  sustain  regular  pas¬ 
toral  relations. 

Nebraska 

The  churches  of  Nebraska  are  moving  rapidly  to  a  position  of  self- 
support  and  independence.  This  is  the  period  in  their  development 
for  improved  church  property.  The  state  is  growing  rapidly  and  com¬ 
munities  are  becoming  more  prosperous.  If  Baptists  are  to  hold  a 
position  of  influence  in  the  various  communities,  a  considerable  amount 
of  money  must  be  invested  in  new  church  properties  within  the  period 
of  the  next  four  years.  Some  of  the  projects  outlined  by  the  State  Con¬ 
vention  are  as  follows: 


New  Church  Buildings 

Norfolk.  An  important  town  of  10,000,  rapidly  growing,  where  a 
little  band  of  Baptists  undertook  to  erect  the  best  church  building 
in  the  town  at  a  cost  of  $40,000.  An  indebtedness  of  $10,000  is  yet  to 
be  provided  for.  The  State  Convention  has  pledged  $2,000  out  of  the 
New  World  Movement  funds. 

Scottsbluff.  The  most  rapidly  growing  city  in  the  state,  with  a  popu¬ 
lation  of  8,000,  destined  to  be  the  metropolis  of  the  western  part  of  the 
state.  There  is  not  a  permanent  church  building.  Our  Baptist  peo¬ 
ple  number  100,  but  without  the  average  Baptist  wealth.  They  are 
undertaking  to  build  a  $50,000  church  building  and  are  hoping  to  raise 
the  first  unit  of  it  within  the  next  eighteen  months.  The  State  Con¬ 
vention  would  like  to  invest  $2,500  in  this  enterprise  out  of  the  New 
World  Movement  Funds. 

Benson,  Omaha.  A  small  mission  church  of  75  members  located  in 
a  suburb  of  7,000  people.  Subscriptions  have  already  been  taken  for 
a  $25,000  building  which  records  heroic  sacrifice.  The  State  Conven¬ 
tion  and  the  Omaha  Baptist  Union  jointly  desire  to  invest  $2,000  in 
this  enterprise  out  of  the  New  World  Movement  Funds. 

Columbus.  A  prosperous  town  of  8,000  in  the  eastern  part  of  the 
state  with  only  one  other  Protestant  church.  The  Baptist  membership 
is  75.  They  have  undertaken  a  New  World  Movement  program  which 
means  the  raising  of  $30,000  within  the  next  three  years  and  the  ulti¬ 
mate  erection  of  a  $25,000  building.  The  State  Convention  would  like 
to  invest  $2,500  in  this  enterprise  out  of  the  New  World  Movement 
Fund,  if  such  be  available. 


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Olivet,  Omaha.  Located  in  one  of  the  of  the  most  beautiful  resident 
districts  in  the  city,  which  only  recently  came  to  self-support.  They 
have  undertaken  the  erection  of  a  $30,000  building  in  which  the  Omaha 
Baptist  Union  and  the  State  Convention  jointly  desire  to  invest  $2,000. 

Wahoo.  A  beautiful  county  seat  of  2,500.  The  Baptist  church  with 
65  members  plans  the  erection  of  a  $25,000  church  building  on  the  finest 
location  for  a  church  building  in  the  city.  They  ought  to  have  $2,500 
from  the  New  World  Movement  Fund. 

Minne  Lusa.  A  beautiful  restricted  addition  in  the  western  part  of 
Omaha  where  the  Baptists  are  expected  to  furnish  religious  privileges. 
No  organization  has  yet  been'  effected.  The  Omaha  Baptist  Union 
and  the  State  Convention  jointly  expect  to  contribute  $2,000  toward 
a  $10,000  property  to  make  possible  the  beginning  of  that  work. 

Parsonages 

Beatrice.  A  town  of  1,000  people  in  the  southeastern  part  of  Ne¬ 
braska  where  our  Baptist  church  has  had  heroic  struggle  against  odds. 
It  numbers  about  100  members.  A  $5,000  parsonage  is  an  im¬ 
mediate  necessity.  The  contribution  of  $500  from  the  New  World 
Movement  Funds  might  make  this  possible  of  realization. 

Red  Cloud.  A  fine  county  seat  town  in  southeast  Nebraska  not  over¬ 
churched.  The  Baptists  number  only  25.  A  $5,000  parsonage  would 
guarantee  permanence  of  work.  A  gift  of  $1,000  from  the  New  World 
Movements  funds  might  make  such  a  parsonage  possible. 

The  Omaha  Baptist  Union  is  anxious  to  open  a  Baptist  Community 
Center  in  north  Omaha,  in  a  sadly  congested  and  neglected  district. 
The  initial  investment  for  purchasing  the  real  estate  will  be  in  all  about 
$10,000.  The  Omaha  Baptist  Union  and  the  State  Convention  jointly 
desire  to  invest  $50,000  of  New  World  Movement  funds  in  this  enter¬ 
prise. 

The  parishes  in  some  of  the  western  sections  of  Nebraska  cover  large 
districts.  The  pastors  often  have  to  travel  over  a  radius  of  ten  to 
fifteen  miles.  If  these  ministers  were  equipped  with  automobiles  they 
would  be  able  to  render  a  much  larger  service  in  their  parishes  and  to 
the  Kingdom.  The  Convention  desires  to  purchase  at  least  four  cars, 
of  which  the  cost  is  approximately  $700  each. 


Kansas 

The  needs  in  Kansas  are  quite  different  from  those  in  other  states 
in  this  district,  in  view  of  the  fact  that  most  of  the  churches  are  well 
housed  and  the  Convention  has  other  tasks  upon  its  hands.  Directors 
of  the  Convention  believe  that  it  would  be  decidedly  to  the  advantage 
of  their  state  work  if  they  could  own  a  property  in  Topeka  for  their 
state  headquarters.  The  purchase  of  a  suitable  site  would  cost  $20,000. 

The  Convention  has  a  very  small  endowment  fund  and,  like  all  mis¬ 
sionary  organizations,  realizes  the  necessity  of  a  permanent  fund,  the 
income  of  which  shall  act  as  an  equalizing  force  at  times  when  income 
from  the  churches  may  not  be  sufficient  to  meet  pressing  needs.  A 
fund  of  $10,000  is  desired  for  this  purpose. 


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There  is  still  some  building  to  be  done  in  Kansas  but  the  Convention 
is  not  required  to  make  large  loans.  It  desires  a  fund  of  $5,000  which 
it  may  invest  in  building  enterprises  in  the  next  five  years. 

If  the  State  Convention  could  be  guaranteed  a  fund  of  $2,000  a  year, 
it  would  enable  it  to  place  an  evangelist  in  the  field.  Such  a  man  is 
greatly  needed  to  minister  to  pastorless  churches  and  to  churches  un¬ 
able  to  have  adequate  ministry. 

The  people  from  Mexico  are  moving  northward  into  Kansas.  While 
the  tide  is  not  heavy  as  yet,  those  who  have  come  are  but  a  prophecy 
of  the  larger  number  to  be  expected.  The  Convention  desires  to  locate 
at  least  two  Mexican  pastors  at  once.  This  will  cost  them  not  less 
than  $1,000  a  year.  The  Convention  also  desires  a  fund  of  $300  a  year 
to  locate  a  pastor  in  a  strategic  field. 

Minnesota 

Minnesota  has  passed  out  of  the  pioneer  stage  and  yet  there  are 
pioneer  conditions  still  to  be  met.  There  are  foreigners  of  many 
tongues  and  there  are  beginning  to  be  deserted  downtown  fields.  Minne¬ 
sota  seems  to  present  almost  all  the  great  missionary  problems,  except 
perhaps  that  of  the  congested  tenement  district.  Some  of  the  many 
needs  may  be  listed  as  follows: 

$1,500  per  year  will  support  a  woman  field  worker. 

$1,500  per  year  will  provide  the  annual  expense  of  the  work  among 
the  Bohemians. 

$5,000  will  help  to  provide  an  adequate  building  for  this  Bohemian 
mission. 

$1,200  per  year  will  care  for  the  work  among  the  Slovaks. 

$6,000  will  purchase  a  building  for  housing  the  Slovak  work. 

$4,000  would  furnish  the  Convention’s  share  in  the  purchase  or  erec¬ 
tion  of  a  parsonage.  Four  of  these  are  needed  now. 

$60,000  ought  to  be  invested  by  the  Convention  in  new  church 
buildings  within  the  next  four  years. 

$50,000  is  needed  as  an  investment  in  the  Olivet  Church  of  Minne¬ 
apolis,  located  at  the  gates  of  the  University  of  Minnesota,  and  minis¬ 
tering  to  a  large  number  of  students. 

Wisconsin 

The  first  need  in  Wisconsin  is  to  wipe  out  a  deficit  of  $25,000  accum¬ 
ulated  over  a  period  of  seven  years  in  caring  for  the  general  work. 
The  Wisconsin  Convention  had  twice  planned  to  raise  this  deficit, 
but  put  off  the  campaign  to  give  way  to  the  Victory  Campaign  and  to 
the  New  World  Movement.  This  deficit  must  now  be  provided. 

The  Baptist  Church  at  Madison,  the  seat  of  the  University  of  Wis¬ 
consin,  is  compelled  to  erect  a  new  building.  The  Convention  believes 
that  Baptists  of  Wisconsin  should  assist  in  the  erection  of  a  complete 
modern  plant,  since  the  children  of  all  the  churches  are  cared  for  by 
the  church  at  Madison.  This  building  should  provide  a  place  of  wor¬ 
ship,  a  residence  for  the  University  pastor,  proper  educational  facilities 


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and  possibly  a  residence  for  some  of  the  Baptist  students.  The  project 
calls  for  the  sum  of  $250,000. 

Wisconsin  has  also  felt  the  influence  of  the  migration  northward  of 
the  Negroes.  Calvary  Church  of  Milwaukee  has  grown  from  a  mem¬ 
bership  of  37  to  over  400  in  the  past  three  years.  Opportunity  is  now 
presented  to  purchase,  at  a  remarkable  bargain,  a  church  building  su¬ 
perbly  located  and  modern  in  every  respect.  $20,000  is  required  im¬ 
mediately. 

In  Milwaukee  the  Convention  now  conducts  mission  work  among  the 
Poles,  but  work  among  the  Italians  and  Russians  must  soon  be  in¬ 
augurated,  and  this  will  necessitate  the  expenditure  of  $50,000  in  the 
next  four  years. 

The  State  Convention  will  soon  be  under  the  necessity  of  aiding 
several  of  the  churches  in  securing  modern  church  plants.  It  needs  at 
least  $200,000  for  this  purpose. 

North  Dakota 

North  Dakota  is  still  a  pioneer  state.  While  the  ranches  have  been 
broken  up  into  farms,  there  are  large  sections  that  have  no  adequate 
religious  institutions.  The  foreigners  are  scattered  over  the  plains  in 
large  numbers.  For  a  long  time  this  great  state  will  need  generous 
missionary  assistance. 

By  reason  of  its  immense  distances  and  its  widely  scattered  churches, 
one  of  the  first  needs  in  North  Dakota  is  the  automobile.  The  Con¬ 
vention  should  have  five  at  once.  The  gift  of  a  comparatively  new 
machine  would  be  appreciated.  No  worn-out  machines  need  apply 
for  these  long  trails.  The  Russian  missionary  cares  for  six  fields,  four 
of  which  cover  200  square  miles.  His  people  are  scattered  and  he  and 
his  woman  assistant  have  no  means  of  travel  other  than  the  railroad. 
The  Minnewaukan  missionary  has  a  field  of  250  square  miles,  with 
four  stations;  the  Ryder  missionary  covers  300  square  miles,  with  four 
stations;  two  other  missionary  pastors  have  extensive  fields  where  a 
machine  would  add  very  greatly  to  their  efficiency.  These  machines 
can  now  be  delivered  in  Dakota  at  $600  apiece.  They  will  add  100  per 
cent,  to  the  missionary’s  efficiency. 

$2,000  will  pay  the  salaries  of  one  of  these  missionaries. 

Church  equipment  is  a  vital  necessity  in  several  fields: 

The  Russian  church  at  Max  must  have  a  new  building.  It  will  cost 
$16,000,  of  which  the  Convention  must  furnish  half. 

Stanley  is  an  important  county  seat  on  the  line  of  the  Great  North¬ 
ern.  The  church  has  put  in  a  basement  and  roofed  it  over  but  can  go 
no  further.  Unless  the  Convention  is  able  to  put  in  about  $8,000,  that 
building  cannot  be  completed  and  our  cause  will  suffer  greatly. 

There  are  Norwegian  churches  at  Valley  City  and  at  Park  River. 
Parsonages  are  a  necessity.  They  will  insure  permanency.  The  Con¬ 
vention  needs  $3,000  for  each  of  these  fields. 

Wyoming 

The  outstanding  need  in  Wyoming  is  the  erection  of  adequate  build¬ 
ings  to  house  our  churches.  Many  of  the  present  buildings  were  erected 


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in  the  early  pioneer  days.  They  were  hastily  constructed  and  are 
entirely  outgrown.  The  development  of  our  work  in  this  great  state 
depends  upon  adequate  housing  of  the  churches  in  the  near  future. 
The  Wyoming  Convention  believes  new  buildings  should  be  erected 
within  the  four-year  period  at  Torrington,  Casper,  Douglas,  Riverton, 
Thermopolis,  Powell,  Deaver,  Burlington  and  Hulett. 

Some  of  the  present  buildings  can  be  remodelled  at  more  moderate 
expense:  Cheyenne,  Lovell,  Basin  and  Evanston.  The  contributions 
of  the  Convention  should  vary  from  $500  to  $75,000.  Without  these 
new  buildings  work  in  Wyoming  will  be  seriously  retarded. 

Utah 

Conditions  in  Utah  are  not  dissimilar  from  those  in  Wyoming. 
New  church  buildings  must  be  erected  very  shortly  for  the  Eastern 
Heights  Church  of  Salt  Lake  City  and  for  the  church  at  Soldier  Summit. 
Four  present  buildings  must  be  decidedly  improved  and  new  equip¬ 
ment  secured.  One  new  outstation  must  be  opened. 

East  Washington  and  North  Idaho 

While  the  East  Washington  and  North  Idaho  Convention  does  not 
care  to  publish  the  specifics  in  terms  of  dollars  and  cents,  yet  it  is  ready 
to  give  definite  information  regarding  the  items  at  each  point  to  anyone 
who  is  interested.  The  needs  as  given  by  the  Convention  are  listed  as 
follows: 

The  removal  of  the  indebtedness  to  the  American  Baptist  Home 
Mission  Society  for  loans  made  to  churches  for  edifice  purpose,  a  sum  of 
$50,000. 

The  removal  of  indebtedness  incurred  by  churches  on  account  of 
street  improvements  and  on  account  of  construction  of  buildings. 

The  completion  of  some  buildings  in  the  process  of  construction  and 
the  remodeling  of  others. 

The  erection  of  new  church  buildings  at  several  strategic  points,  as 
for  example,  at  university  towns  where  a  large  number  of  Baptist  stu¬ 
dents  need  religious  care  and  nurture. 

The  securing  of  parsonages  at  several  points,  which  equipment  would 
make  a  missionary  church  self-supporting. 

The  purchase  and  maintenance  of  automobiles  for  workers  whose 
fields  cover  a  wide  territory.  The  cost  of  each  machine  would  be 
between  $600  and  $700. 

West  Washington 

The  West  Washington  Baptist  Convention  gives  a  list  of  five  specific 
needs.  These  all  relate  to  church  properties.  Growing  cities  of  this 
territory  demand  constant  improvement  in  church  buildings. 

The  University  Church  is  located  at  the  gates  of  the  campus  of  the 
University  of  Washington.  An  increasingly  large  number  of  Baptist 
students  make  special  demands  upon  this  church.  The  Convention 
must  invest  between  $15,000  and  $25,000  in  this  new  plant  if  it  is  to  be 
at  all  adequate  to  this  field. 


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Many  Japanese  have  located  in  the  city  of  Seattle.  Some  of  the 
leading  business  men  of  the  colony  are  members  of  our  Baptist  church. 
This  church  needs  a  new  plant  and  the  Convention  ought  to  invest 
$15,000. 

A  like  amount  ought  to  be  invested  in  the  church  for  the  Chinese, 
which  is  meeting  a  real  need  among  the  large  number  of  Orientals  in 
this  city. 

In  Seattle  there  is  a  cosmopolitan  mission  ministering  to  people  of 
several  nationalities.  This  mission  is  not  adequately  housed  and  the 
Convention  will  need  to  expend  $25,000. 

There  is  another  Japanese  colony  located  in  the  city  of  Tacoma 
which  is  also  in  need  of  a  new  plant.  The  Convention  ought  to  invest 
$5,000  in  this  building. 

Idaho 

The  southern  part  of  Idaho  comprises  a  Convention  territory  by 
itself.  The  specific  needs  of  this  field  are  stated  in  the  following  terms: 

The  building  of  a  Community  House  for  the  foreign-speaking  people 
in  the  city  of  Pocatello.  There  is  a  Negro  population  of  considerable 
size  in  this  city  also.  Building  should  be  erected  to  house  this  church. 

Three  new  church  buildings  are  immediately  needed  in  the  state. 
Help  must  be  given  by  the  State  Convention.  Assistance  should  also 
be  rendered  in  the  construction  of  three  new  parsonages. 

There  are  several  fields  in  Idaho  which  ought  to  be  entered  by  the 
Convention;  two  of  them  should  be  opened  at  once. 

Montana 

The  Montana  Convention  has  a  long  list  of  churches  which  ought  to 
be  assisted  in  the  erection  of  church  buildings.  Owing  to  the  changes 
in  cost  of  construction,  they  do  not  deem  it  wise  either  to  name  the 
places  or  state  the  amounts  at  the  present  time.  They  have  been 
allotted  $90,000  for  church  buildings  in  this  state. 

Northern  California 

The  Convention  of  Northern  California  states  its  needs  as  follows: 

$20,000  to  enlarge  the  Chinese  Church  of  San  Francisco  now  seriously 
overcrowded. 

$10,000  for  the  development  of  work  in  a  needy  field  in  the  city  of 
San  Francisco. 

$3,000  for  the  erection  of  a  building  for  the  Russian  Church  of  San 
Francisco. 

$10,000  for  a  church  building  at  Vallejo.  This  church  ministers  to 
thousands  of  United  States  sailors  at  the  nearby  training  station. 

$10,000  for  a  memorial  building  in  Fresno,  located  in  a  growing 
suburb. 

$10,000  for  additions  to  the  missionary  staff  and  the  opening  of  new 
fields. 


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Southern  California 

There  are  many  needs  in  the  field  of  the  Southern  California  Conven¬ 
tion.  The  most  important  of  them  are  catalogued  as  follows: 

Los  Angeles.  The  Swedish-American  Church  at  Sunrise  Heights 
has  been  worshipping  for  a  long  time  in  a  poorly  ventilated  store  room. 
This  church  needs  a  new  structure  at  once.  $10,000  are  required. 

The  equipment  for  the  largest  Mexican  field  in  Los  Angeles  is  entirely 
inadequate.  An  offer  has  been  received  of  a  lot,  with  the  brick  and 
tile  sufficient  to  erect  a  suitable  plant.  Money  is  needed  for  the 
work  of  construction.  $11,000  should  be  had  at  once. 

The  Goodyear  Rubber  Company  is  developing  a  large  industrial 
center  connected  with  its  allied  industries.  Baptists  ought  to  establish 
a  church  in  that  district  at  once  among  the  40,000  people  who  will  be 
located  there.  $15,000  is  needed  to  open  this  field. 

Three  parsonages  should  be  erected  at  the  cost  of  $4,500  each,  in 
order  to  provide  housing  for  the  missionaries  among  the  foreign  born. 

McKittrick,  Reward  and  vicinity,  in  Kern  County  Oil  Fields.  No 
church  of  any  denomination  in  entire  section.  One  Sunday  school  in 
schoolhouse  between  McKittrick  and  Reward.  No  other  religious 
services  for  three  communities  with  a  population  of  2,000.  The  South¬ 
ern  California  Baptist  Convention  has  accepted  sole  responsibility  for 
ministering  to  these  people.  Interchurch  survey  reported  but  one 
professed  Christian  at  McKittrick,  population  800.  Immediate  need: 
house  of  worship,  cost  with  lot,  $12,000;  parsonage  for  missionary, 
cost  $4,000.  Needed  appropriation  not  less  than  $10,000. 

Taft.  Center  of  Kern  County  Oil  Fields.  City  with  population 
including  immediate  environs,  7,000.  Growing  rapidly.  Only  two 
churches,  Methodist  and  Presbyterian.  Baptists  are  just  organized. 
Immediate  need:  house  of  worship,  cost  with  lot,  $12,000;  parsonage, 
$4,000.  Missionary  appropriation  needed,  $8,000. 

Blythe  and  Palo  Verde  Valley.  Population  of  valley  about  8,000. 
Blythe  township  including  city  of  Blythe,  5,200.  In  entire  valley 
only  one  church,  Blythe  Methodist  Episcopal.  Six  or  more  commu¬ 
nities  should  be  furnished  with  gospel  services  from  Blythe  as  a  center. 
Baptists  are  organizing  a  church.  Immediate  need:  house  of  worship, 
cost  with  lot,  $12,000;  parsonage,  cost  $4,000.  Missionary  appropria¬ 
tion  needed,  $8,000. 

Santa  Barbara,  Mexican.  Present  chapel  crowded  to  the  doors. 
Work  exceedingly  promising.  Large  Mexican  population.  Only 
Protestant  Mexican  work  in  the  city.  A  new  church  building  with 
modern  accommodations  making  it  a  Community  Christian  Center  an 
absolute  necessity;  cost  with  lot,  $12,000.  Missionary  appropriation 
needed,  $8,000.  Present  chapel  can  be  changed  into  parsonage  for 
pastor, 

Oxnard,  Mexican.  Only  Protestant  work  among  4,000  Mexican 
people.  New  chapel  with  modern  accommodations  for  community 
work  needed;  cost  with  lot,  $8,000.  Missionary  appropriation  neces¬ 
sary,  $5,000. 

Torrance.  A  large  manufacturing  center  between  Los  Angeles  and 
the  ocean  with  many  extensive  manufacturing  establishments  in  opera- 


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tion.  Only  a  limited  number  of  homes  for  the  employees  at  present. 
Several  hundred  return  to  Los  Angeles  every  night.  Extensive  building 
operations  will  be  commenced  soon  to  house  the  men.  Present  popula¬ 
tion  about  2,000.  Will  be  more  than  doubled  as  soon  as  houses  are 
provided.  Two  churches;  Baptist  in  rented  building.  Fine  lot  has 
been  purchased.  Chapel  with  modern  equipment  and  community 
service  rooms  a  necessity.  Cost,  $12,000.  Missionary  appropriation 
needed,  $5,000. 

Hermosa  Beach.  A  rapidly  growing  beach  resort,  eighteen  miles  from 
Los  Angeles.  Permanent  population  about  3,000.  Summer  popula¬ 
tion  7,000  to  8,000.  Small  Baptist  church  the  only  regular  Protestant 
organization  at  Hermosa  proper.  A  Methodist  Sunday  school  has  been 
started.  A  small  Congregational  church  about  two  and  a  half  miles 
distant.  The  Baptists  have  a  small  chapel  and  have  lately  purchased 
an  additional  lot.  Needed  at  once,  an  adequate  church  building  pro¬ 
vided  with  modern  equipment  for  Sunday  school  work  and  community 
service;  cost,  $15,000.  Mission  appropriation  necessary,  $7,500. 

Brawley.  One  of  the  most  rapidly  growing  communities  in  the  Im¬ 
perial  Valley,  the  center  of  the  largest  cantaloupe  and  lettuce  growing 
section  in  the  United  States.  Population  about  5,000.  A  small  Bap¬ 
tist  church  organized  with  a  small  chapel.  Needed,  adequate  building 
with  modern  Sunday  school  rooms  and  equipment  for  community  ser¬ 
vice.  Cost,  $15,000.  Missionary  appropriation,  $5,000. 

Ocean  Beach.  One  of  the  most  rapidly  growing  beach  communities 
in  the  vicinity  of  San  Diego.  Permanent  population  about  2,000; 
summer  population,  5,000.  A  small  Congregational  church  and  a  small 
Baptist  church,  well  organized,  aggressive,  with  a  fine  Sunday  school. 
Good  possibilities  for  growth,  provided  adequate  accommodations  can 
be  secured  for  modern  Sunday  school  work  and  for  community  service. 
Cost,  $15,000.  Missionary  aid  needed,  $6,000. 

Negroes.  The  Negro  population  of  Southern  California  has  increased 
from  only  a  few  thousand  to  about  125,000.  There  is  imperative  need 
of  assisting  these  people  in  securing  permanent  church  buildings.  With¬ 
out  mentioning  the  definite  fields,  the  sum  of  not  less  than  $25,000 
should  be  available  for  this  purpose  almost  immediately. 

Parsonages.  House  rent  has  advanced  to  such  heights  that  some  of 
our  pastors  have  found  it  necessary  to  move  into  the  church  buildings 
at  much  inconvenience.  Unless  aid  can  be  given  soon  to  a  considerable 
number  of  our  smaller  churches  in  securing  parsonages,  it  will  be  almost 
impossible  to  keep  them  supplied  with  pastors.  In  addition  to  all  that 
has  been  provided  for  thisjDurpose,  there  is  an  immediate  need  of  at 
least  $20,000. 

Automobiles.  There  is  need  for  several  automobiles  for  missionaries 
in  charge  of  fields  where  the  constituency  is  greatly  scattered,  and  where 
the  missionary  covers  a  district  with  several  preaching  points.  Num¬ 
ber  of  automobiles  needed  at  the  present  time,  for  which  no  provision 
has  been  made,  four.  Estimated  cost,  $3,500. 

Nevada-Sierra 

No  printed  statement  will  convey  to  those  unacquainted  with  the 
facts  an  adequate  conception  of  the  missionary  needs  in  this  great 
territory.  Several  of  them  may  be  specified. 

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Sparks  is  a  railroad  division  point.  The  Baptist  church  is  the  largest 
Protestant  organization  in  the  community  and  doing  a  valuable  work 
among  many  railroad  men.  In  order  to  increase  its  efficiency,  the 
church  needs  a  parsonage  which  should  cost  $5,000.  This  is  one  of  the 
fields  where  we  ought  to  locate  a  community  center  which  could  render 
an  admirable  service  to  a  large  number  of  railroad  men  who  stop  over 
temporarily  in  this  community.  $4,000  would  be  a  small  investment 
in  such  a  property. 

Reno  is  the  capital  city  of  the  state  and  a  strategic  point  for  all  re¬ 
ligious  work.  The  Baptist  church  in  Reno  has  been  carrying  a  heavy 
indebtedness  for  many  years,  but  it  has  now  been  reduced  to  $4,000. 
The  Convention  ought  to  provide  one-half  of  this  and  with  this  assist¬ 
ance  the  church,  which  has  less  than  100  members,  would  be  able  to 
provide  the  balance. 

Fallon  is  the  center  of  a  rapidly  growing  agricultural  section  of  the 
state.  The  church  is  handicapped  by  the  very  inadequate  building, 
which  consists  of  one  room  only.  In  order  to  minister  to  the  needs  of 
young  people  an  addition  to  this  building  should  be  made  at  once. 
The  Convention  should  invest  at  least  $4,000. 

The  Baptist  church  in  Elko  is  the  center  of  a  large  territory.  Its 
nearest  neighbor  is  180  miles  away.  This  church  is  in  need  of  a  parson¬ 
age  in  order  to  give  proper  living  facilities  to  its  pastor.  There  should 
be  an  investment  of  $4,000. 

The  Baptist  church  is  the  only  church  in  the  new  town  of  Bieber. 
The  church  is  only  two  years  old  and  it  is  worshiping  in  an  old  build¬ 
ing  built  fifty  years  ago.  It  will  not  stand  the  strain  of  many  more 
winters.  $35,000  should  be  invested  in  a  new  plant. 

The  church  at  Standish  has  no  building,  yet  it  is  doing  a  fine  piece  of 
work.  In  order  to  increase  its  usefulness  a  building  should  be  erected 
in  the  near  future.  This  will  necessitate  an  investment  of  $5,000. 


THE  MINISTERS  AND  MISSIONARIES 
BENEFIT  BOARD 


The  Ministers  and  Missionaries  Benefit  Board  has  met  with  a  gen¬ 
erous  response  in  the  hearts  of  our  people.  Its  appeal  for  funds  with 
which  to  assist  our  aged  and  disabled  ministers  and  missionaries  has 
struck  a  responsive  chord  in  all  parts  of  our  country.  Already  the  per¬ 
manent  fund  amounts  to  $6,000,000. 

In  assisting  our  ministers  and  missionaries  the  Board  is  working 
along  three  different  lines: 

First,  it  makes  grants  to  ministers  and  missionaries  on  a  basis  of 
their  needs.  Grants  are  now  being  made  to  800  beneficiaries,  including 
widows  and  minor  orphan  children,  who  are  scattered  through  all  the 
states  of  the  North  and  some  of  whom  are  now  residing  outside  our  terri- 


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tory.  The  need  for  this  kind  of  assistance  will  never  cease,  as  there 
will  always  be  those  who  by  reason  of  accident,  ill  health,  misfortune, 
are  unable  to  provide  for  themselves.  This  appeal  is  often  pathetic 
and  always  compelling. 

Then  the  Board  makes  grants  to  ministers  above  sixty-five  years  of 
age  who  have  retired  from  the  active  pastorate.  These  grants  are 
based  upon  service. 

Recently  the  Board  has  put  in  operation  a  Pension  Plan  by  which 
ministers  under  sixty-five  pay  a  part  of  the  cost  of  providing  a  retiring 
pension  at  the  age  of  sixty-five.  In  many  cases  the  churches  themselves 
are  paying  the  pastor’s  portion  of  the  annual  premium. 

If  the  Board  is  to  continue  and  develop  this  ministry  of  helpfulness 
its  funds  must  be  largely  increased. 

There  are  various  interesting  ways  of  making  contributions  to  this 
fund.  Some  individuals  and  churches  are  taking  out  annuity  bonds, 
providing  that  the  income  shall  be  paid  to  a  retiring  or  former  pastor 
throughout  his  life.  Others  are  making  generous  gifts  and  directing 
that  they  shall  bear  the  name  of  some  minister  or  missionary  or  former 
pastor.  Still  others  prefer  to  designate  their  gifts  for  the  benefit  of  the 
orphan  children  of  ministers  and  missionaries.  There  are  many  such 
pathetic  cases  for  whom  generous  and  adequate  provision  ought  to  be 
made  by  the  followers  of  Jesus,  who  amazed  the  men  of  his  day  by 
his  interest  in  children  and  his  affection  for  them. 


THE  AMERICAN  BAPTIST  PUBLICATION 

SOCIETY 

The  American  Baptist  Publication  Society  holds  a  double  relation  to 
our  denomination.  It  is  our  great  publishing  agent  and  it  also  carries 
out  for  us  the  systematic  work  of  religious  education.  As  our  publishing 
agent  it  edits,  prints  and  distributes  our  Sunday  school  literature,  in¬ 
cluding  quarterlies,  papers,  leaflets.  It  issues  books  and  tracts  written 
by  Baptists  and  others.  It  prints  and  distributes  the  Bible  in  English 
and  in  foreign  languages.  It  is  our  agent  for  disseminating  the  princi¬ 
ples  and  truths  for  which  Baptists  stand.  Under  normal  conditions  this 
publishing  department  is  able  to  turn  over  large  profits  to  its  religious 
education  and  Bible  departments,  but  owing  to  greatly  increased  costs 
of  printing  it  is  not  now  able  to  do  this.  With  a  turn  in  the  tide  of 
business  the  profits  will  again  flow  into  these  channels. 

For  many  years  the  American  Baptist  Publication  Society  earned 
on  general  missionary  work  in  the  various  states,  but  by  reason  of  a 
recent  agreement  with  the  American  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society 
such  activities  are  now  carried  on  by  the  Home  Mission  Society,  and 
the  Publication  Society  is  now  devoting  its  efforts  to  the  promotion  of 
religiouseducation  and  to  the  printing  and  distribution  of  the  Scriptures. 


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RELIGIOUS  EDUCATION 

There  are  some  most  interesting  specifics  in  the  field  of  Religious 
Education,  as  this  work  is  carried  on  by  the  American  Baptist  Publica¬ 
tion  Society.  One  Hundred  Dollars  even  will  care  for  a  most  import¬ 
ant  piece  of  work.  The  range  of  these  items  is  sufficiently  wide  to  meet 
the  desires  of  any  of  our  people. 

1.  $100  will  provide  a  Loan  Library  for  Sunday  school  officers. 

2.  $1,000  will  finance  the  special  work  in  a  Foreign-speaking  Sunday 
school. 

3.  $1,850  will  pay  the  salary  for  one  year  of  a  special  City  Worker 
in  Religious  Education. 

4.  Designation  can  be  made  for  the  salary  of  the  State  Worker  in 
Religious  Education  in  any  of  our  states.  The  appropriations  range 
from  $200  in  some  states  to  $3,000  in  others.  The  exact  amount  for 
your  state  may  be  learned  from  the  office  of  the  Publication  Society. 

5.  $3,000,  or  approximately  that,  will  furnish  the  salary  and  expenses, 
for  a  year,  of  the  District  Director  of  Young  People’s  Work  or  of  Ele¬ 
mentary  Sunday  School  Work  or  of  Adult  Work.  For  this  purpose  the 
territory  is  divided  into  three  districts:  Eastern,  Central  and  Pacific. 

6.  $75,000  will  finance  the  maintenance  of  the  Daily  Vacation  Bible 
Schools  for  the  period  of  five  years.  These  schools  are  maintained  in 
many  cities.  $15,000  will  carry  this  work  for  one  year. 

7.  The  Sunday  School  Field  Workers  are  still  engaged  in  pioneer 
service,  opening  new  schools  in  unchurched  regions.  $1,500  will  pay 
the  salary  and  $600  the  traveling  expenses  of  one  such  worker.  It  is  a 
good  way  of  spreading  the  News. 

BIBLES,  TRACTS  AND  LITERATURE 

1.  $100  will  provide  a  small  Library  for  ministers. 

2.  $1,000  will  provide  for  the  Scripture  Readers’  League. 

3.  The  Publication  Society  renders  an  important  service  through  the 
free  distribution  of  Bibles,  Tracts  and  Christian  Literature.  $60,000 
will  provide  for  this  work  for  a  period  of  five  years;  $12,000  will  carry 
it  on  for  one  year;  and  $1,000  will  provide  for  it  for  one  month. 

4.  The  Society  also  aids  in  the  publication  of  Baptist  papers  issued 
by  our  Foreign-speaking  Baptists  in  this  country.  $1,000  will  provide 
the  subsidy  of  one  of  these  papers  for  a  year. 

5.  The  Society  provides  equipment  for  the  Colporter  Missionaries 
— sometimes  a  horse  and  wagon,  sometimes  an  automobile.  $800  will 
cover  the  average  cost  of  such  equipment. 

6.  The  Bible  Workers  go  into  sparsely  settled  sections  distributing 
Bibles  and  tracts  and  reach  many  beyond  the  touch  of  the  Church. 
$1,800  will  provide  the  salary  of  one  such  worker  in  this  country. 
$1,500  will  pay  for  such  a  man  in  Latin  America. 

7.  The  chapel  cars  are  still  a  most  effective  method  of  missionary 
service.  They  are  side-tracked  at  towns  where  there  is  no  church, 
at  railroad  division  points,  etc.,  where  pioneer  work  must  be  done. 
There  are  seven  of  these  cars.  $3,000  provides  the  upkeep  and  the 
transportation  of  one  of  them. 


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CHRISTIAN  EDUCATION 

The  specific  items  for  Christian  Education  are  for  the  most  part  in¬ 
cluded  in  the  statements  of  the  various  schools  and  colleges.  The 
Board  of  Education  itself,  however,  is  conducting  work  for  which 
specific  gifts  will  be  welcomed.  In  cooperation  with  some  of  the  State 
Conventions  and  with  the  local  churches,  the  Board  is  maintaining 
university  pastors  at  many  great  educational  centers.  These  men  are 
devoting  their  time  to  caring  for  the  interests  of  our  Baptist  boys  and 
girls  who  are  students  in  the  universities.  By  many  different  methods, 
but  always  by  being  the  older  brother,  they  are  helping  our  students 
to  maintain  their  religious  life  and  their  church  relations  during  the 
strenuous  and  often  critical  period  of  their  college  days.  The  field 
for  the  development  of  this  work  is  almost  unlimited.  Many  more 
men  could  be  appointed  at  strategic  points  if  the  funds  were  at  hand. 

At  present  university  pastors  are  under  appointment  in  the  following 
states:  New  Hampshire,  Vermont,  Massachusetts,  New  York,  Pennsyl¬ 
vania,  Ohio,  Michigan,  Wisconsin,  Illinois,  Indiana,  Minnesota,  Iowa, 
Nebraska,  Kansas,  Colorado,  Washington,  California. 

The  salaries  vary  with  the  local  conditions,  but  specific  gifts  of  $2,000 
each  would  make  possible  the  appointment  of  men  at  important  points. 
They  would  be  the  means  of  saving  many  young  people  to  active  Chris¬ 
tian  lives. 

Newton  is  our  oldest  seminary.  It  has  a  wonderful  location  and  a 
good  equipment  but  its  needs  are  fast  outrunning  its  resources.  It 
should  have  a  social  hall  and  gymnasium.  This  building  is  needed 
as  a  social  center  for  the  students  and  faculty  for  the  development  of 
those  relationships  which  count  for  much  in  the  making  of  a  minister. 
This  building  should  cost  $150,000. 

The  seminary  also  needs  an  addition  of  $650,000  to  its  endowment 
funds.  These  needs  are  classified  as  follows:  $200,000  to  provide  in¬ 
creases  in  salaries  and  cover  deficits;  $200,000  to  provide  for  new  teach¬ 
ers  in  religious  education,  missions,  evangelism;  $50,000  for  retiring 
allowances;  $25,000  for  lecture  funds;  $25,000  for  library  funds;  $25,000 
for  publishing  funds;  $25,000  for  secretarial  service;  $100,000  for  main-  * 
tenance  of  new  social  hall  and  gymnasium. 

Location:  Newton  Center,  Mass. 

Colby  College  is  our  second  oldest  Baptist  college.  Its  outstanding 
material  need  is  a  chapel.  No  college  is  adequately  equipped  without 
proper  accommodation  for  religious  services.  Colby  has  no  room  large 
enough  for  its  student  body  to  assemble.  The  chapel  should  cost 
$150,000.  The  college  also  needs  a  new  gymnasium. 

There  is  also  needed  an  endowment  of  $75,000  to  provide  for  a  new 
Department  of  Religious  Education.  In  addition  there  should  be 
$625,000  for  endowment  to  provide  for  increases  in  salaries  and  the  new 
costs  of  maintenance. 

Location:  Waterville,  Maine. 

Bates  College  has  a  remarkably  good  equipment  but  its  increasing 
popularity  demands  increased  facilities.  They  are  stated  as  follows: 

For  enlargement  of  the  library  to  make  available  thousands  of  valu¬ 
able  books  now  in  storage  and  to  provide  needed  reading,  conference 
and  art  rooms,  $80,000. 


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For  changes  in  the  girls’  home  to  provide  adequate  reception  and 
dining  rooms,  $35,000.  # 

For  a  new  commons  to  supplant  present  inadequate  dining  hall 
for  the  boys,  $100,000. 

For  a  new  boys’  dormitory  to  supplement  the  buildings  now  greatly 
overcrowded,  $100,000. 

For  increased  endowment,  $185,000,  to  enable  the  college  to  make 
proper  remuneration  to  its  underpaid  faculty. 

Location:  Lewiston,  Maine. 

New  England  is  rich  in  its  academies,  which  are  valuable  feeders  to  its 
colleges  and  which  give  high  school  education  to  many  boys  and  girls 
who  would  not  secure  it  elsewhere. 

Ricker  needs  a  new  girls’  dormitory,  a  gymnasium  and  a  central  heat¬ 
ing  plant,  as  well  as  increased  endowment. 

Location:  Houlton,  Maine. 

Higgins  needs  new  equipment  and  extensive  repairs.  It  must  re¬ 
move  a  burdensome  mortgage  and  secure  increased  endowment. 

Location:  Charleston,  Maine. 

Maine  Central  needs  a  gymnasium,  a  boys’  dormitory  and  overhauling 
of  the  present  buildings. 

Location:  Pittsfield,  Maine. 

Cobum  must  repair  the  main  building,  erect  a  girls’  dormitory,  com¬ 
plete  payments  on  the  new  boys’  dormitory  and  erect  a  gymnasium. 

Location:  Waterville,  Maine. 

Colby  Academy  has  outgrown  its  boys’  dormitory  and  new  housing 
facilities  for  its  many  boys  must  be  provided.  The  boys  are  also  asking 
for  a  much-needed  gymnasium.  These  two  buildings  will  cost  at  least 
$175,000.  The  school  also  needs  $300,000  additional  endowment. 

Location:  New  London,  New  Hampshire. 

Hebron’s  needs  are  considerably  beyond  its  allotment  in  the  budget. 
These  needs  are  due  to  its  remarkable  success.  Like  other  schools  it 
needs  a  gymnasium.  It  requires  a  science  building  and  another  boys’ 
dormitory.  A  gift  of  $25,000  would  provide  for  the  new  water  system 
which  the  school  was  recently  forced  to  install. 

Location:  Hebron,  Maine. 

Vermont  Academy  has  been  closed  for  three  years,  but  it  has  a  splen¬ 
did  location  and  a  good  equipment.  Vermont  Baptists  have  deter¬ 
mined  to  reopen  it  in  the  fall  of  1921.  The  buildings  must  be  repaired. 
The  boys’  dormitory  was  burned  three  years  ago  and  must  be  rebuilt. 
Funds  for  opening  the  school  must  be  provided.  $200,000  will  be  well 
spent  here.  There  is  a  demand  for  such  a  school  in  Vermont. 

Location:  Saxton’s  River,  Vermont. 

Suffield  needs  new  housing  facilities  for  its  boys  at  a  cost  of  $75,000. 
It  also  needs  increased  endowment  to  provide  better  for  its  growing 
work. 

Location:  Suffield,  Connecticut. 

Keuka  College  is  for  young  women.  It  has  been  closed  for  several 
years,  but  is  to  be  reopened  in  September,  1921.  Women  are  demand¬ 
ing  more  educational  facilities  in  New  York  State.  In  order  to  reopen 
the  college,  $60,000  will  be  needed  in  repairing  and  remodeling  the  pres- 


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ent  main  building.  In  order  to  provide  living  quarters  for  the  teachers 
several  houses  must  be  secured;  they  will  cost  $20,000.  A  new  main 
building  with  classrooms,  auditorium  and  gymnasium  will  be  needed 
at  once — estimated  cost,  $100,000. 

Location:  Keuka  Park,  New  York. 

Peddie  Institute  is  such  a  highly  successful  school  for  boys  that  it  is 
suffering  from  the  results  of  its  success.  It  needs  greatly  increased 
funds  in  order  to  respond  to  the  demands  made  upon  it.  We  suggest 
the  more  important  ones. 

Endowment:  $450,000.  This  will  provide  increased  salaries  for  the 
teachers,  and — what  is  very  important — scholarship  funds  by  which 
worthy  boys  of  limited  means  may  have  the  privilege  of  the  school. 

Classroom  building:  $200,000.  The  school  has  completely  outgrown 
its  classroom  facilities  and  more  room  must  be  provided  if  more  boys 
are  to  be  received. 

Athletic  field:  $30,000.  The  rule  at  Peddie  is  not  special  training 
for  the  few,  but  adequate  exercise  and  training  for  all.  This  requires 
large  fields.  The  school  owns  the  land  but  it  needs  to  be  prepared  for 
use. 

Dining  hall:  $50,000.  The  present  hall  built  twenty-five  years  ago 
is  overcrowded.  Additions  are  imperative. 

Lower  school  buildings:  $100,000.  There  is  rapidly  increasing  de¬ 
mand  for  care  of  boys  from  10  to  14  years  of  age.  This  requires  separ¬ 
ate  equipment.  The  school  feels  the  necessity  and  importance  for 
caring  for  these  little  fellows,  many  of  whose  homes  are  not  qualified 
to  care  for  them. 

There  are  other  needs,  such  as  a  chapel  and  a  gymnasium. 

Location:  Hightstown,  New  Jersey. 

Bucknell  University  is  also  suffering  from  overcrowding.  One  hun¬ 
dred  young  women  were  refused  admittance  this  year.  Only  half  the 
student  body  can  attend  chapel  at  the  same  time.  The  endowment 
is  only  $600,000  and  there  are  nearly  1,000  students.  The  following 
needs  are  therefore  apparent: 

A  new  chapel  large  enough  to  accommodate  the  whole  student  body, 
so  that  religious  services  for  the  whole  college  may  be  held  each  day. 

An  engineering  building.  The  war  greatly  stimulated  the  interest 
of  students  in  the  sciences  and  the  present  provision  is  most  inadequate. 

A  dormitory  for  women.  We  cannot  afford  to  refuse  our  girls  an 
education. 

A  new  gymnasium.  Students  need  sound  bodies  as  well  as  clear 
heads. 

Endowment,  $1,000,000.  A  school  must  have  adequate  funds  to 
supply  sufficient  well-paid  teachers.  This  need  has  become  serious. 

Location:  Lewisburg,  Pennsylvania. 

Crozer  Seminary  is  in  need  of  enlarged  library  facilities.  Books  are 
the  students’  tools.  They  may  be  at  hand  but  if  he  cannot  get  at  them 
they  are  of  little  value.  This  is  the  difficulty  at  Crozer:  many  valuable 
books  unavailable  because  of  space.  $60,000  will  provide  for  the  en¬ 
largement  and  $40,000  the  funds  to  maintain  it. 

Location:  Chester,  Pennsylvania. 

Keystone  is  the  one  Baptist  academy  left  in  Pennsylvania.  It  fills 


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a  real  need  for  many  boys  and  girls.  It  needs  the  expenditure  of  con¬ 
siderable  money  to  put  it  into  shape. 

A  new  heating  plant,  $15,000.  To  replace  one  completely  worn  out. 

A  swimming  pool,  $3,000.  Every  boy  wants  to  swim.  No  school  is 
attractive  to  him  unless  it  has  a  pool. 

New  laboratory  equipment,  $4,000. 

New  and  modern  books  for  the  library,  $2,000.  This  need  is  very 
great. 

A  new  athletic  field  adequate  for  sports,  $2,500. 

An  infirmary  for  the  care  of  sick  boys,  $5,000. 

A  chapel  with  accommodations  for  the  work  of  the  school,  $40,000. 

Most  important  of  all,  endowment  funds  of  not  less  than  $100,000. 
This  need  is  imperative  at  Keystone. 

Location:  Factoryville,  Pennsylvania. 

Baptist  Institute  for  Christian  Workers.  This  school  is  preparing 

young  women  to  serve  as  missionaries,  pastors’  assistants,  Sunday 
school  visitors,  etc.  The  girls  are  not  able  to  pay  large  sums  for  tuition 
and  board.  Hence  a  generous  endowment  is  necessary.  $300,000 
is  needed  at  once. 

The  building  is  not  completed.  $75,000  is  needed  to  finish  this  and 
provide  room  for  more  girls  who  are  applying. 

Location:  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania. 

Broaddus  College  in  West  Virginia  is  growing  more  rapidly  than  its 
endowment  or  equipment  warrant.  Baptists  must  move  quickly  to 
overtake  their  opportunity.  The  outstanding  needs  are: 

A  gymnasium  to  cost  from  $70,000  to  $100,000.  There  is  no  provi¬ 
sion  now  for  the  physical  exercise  of  the  students,  except  walking.  This 
is  a  need  that  must  soon  be  met. 

A  recitation  building  to.  cost  $150,000.  Classes  are  now  held  in 
every  available  corner  and  even  out  of  doors  as  long  as  weather  permits. 

And  again  endowment!  endowment!!  endowment!!! 

Location:  Philippi,  West  Virginia. 

Franklin  College  in  Indiana  is  sharing  generously  in  the  present  edu¬ 
cational  prosperity,  so  far  as  attendance  is  concerned.  It  needs  funds 
to  provide  adequate  education  for  those  who  are  demanding  it.  Its 
outstanding  needs  are  listed  as  follows: 

Increase  of  endowment,  $600,000 — in  order  to  secure  and  retain  capa¬ 
ble  teachers. 

A  science  building  to  cost  about  $175,000,  greatly  needed  to  meet 
demands  of  students  for  scientific  education,  a  demand  greatly  in¬ 
creased  by  the  war. 

A  dormitory  for  men,  $125,000.  Franklin  College  could  save  every 
boy  $125  to  $150  per  year  if  it  could  put  him  in  a  dormitory  rather  than 
force  him  to  room  “  in  town.”  This  would  help  many  a  boy  to  secure 
an  education. 

A  dormitory  for  women,  $125,000.  Present  dormitory  crowded  full. 

An  addition  of  several  acres  to  the  campus.  This  will  be  required  for 
the  new  buildings.  Will  cost  $100,000. 

Location:  Franklin,  Indiana. 

The  Tenth  Avenue  Church  of  Columbus,  Ohio,  located  at  the 
gates  of  Ohio  State  University,  is  planning  an  extensive  and  important 
work  for  students.  In  order  to  carry  out  its  plans  it  needs: 


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A  home  for  women  students,  $12,500. 

A  home  for  men  students,  $12,500. 

Added  facilities  for  the  church,  $50,000. 

A  religious  education  building,  $75,000. 

Kalamazoo  needs  at  least  $750,000  for  increased  endowment.  This 
is  the  most  pressing  need.  Other  needs  are  a  science  building  and  new 
dormitories. 

Location:  Kalamazoo,  Michigan. 

Hillsdale  very  greatly  needs  dormitores,  laboratories  and  a  gymna¬ 
sium,  but  the  pressing  need  is  for  endowment,  and  the  trustees  desire 
to  put  all  money  into  that  fund  until  it  is  adequate  to  meet  the 
mounting  costs  of  education.  They  will  wait  for  other  things  until 
this  is  secured,  but  they  must  not  be  asked  to  wait  too  long. 

Location:  Hillsdale,  Michigan. 

Shurtleff  needs,  in  addition  to  an  increased  endowment,  a  girls’  dor¬ 
mitory,  a  science  hall,  a  gymnasium  and  a  chapel.  Emphasis  is  laid 
upon  the  science  building,  which  would  cost  about  $150,000,  and  the 
chapel  $75,000.  This  college  was  founded  by  John  M.  Peck,  the  pio¬ 
neer  Baptist  missionary  to  the  Mississippi  Valley.  It  would  be  most  fit¬ 
ting  to  have  this  chapel  given  as  a  memorial  to  this  Baptist  hero. 
His  name  is  worthy  of  perpetuation.  His  influence  is  indestructible. 

Location:  Alton,  Illinois. 

University  of  Chicago  Divinity  School  needs  increased  endowments 
to  provide  for  increased  cost  of  education  and  for  necessary  expansion. 

Location:  Chicago,  Illinois. 

Northern  Baptist  Seminary  also  needs  endowment  funds.  Its  body 
of  students  is  growing  rapidly  and  funds  must  be  had  for  their  training. 

Location:  Chicago,  Illinois. 

Missionary  Training  School  needs  endowment  for  maintenance  and 
for  scholarships.  Many  needy  students  are  cared  for.  Without  schol¬ 
arships  they  cannot  be  prepared  for  service. 

Location:  Chicago,  Illinois. 

Frances  Shimer  School  for  Girls  has  outgrown  its  equipment.  More 
buildings  must  be  secured  before  it  can  train  more  girls.  These  needs 
in  order  of  importance  are: 

A  dormitory,  $60,000. 

A  gymnasium,  $40,000. 

A  music  building,  $40,000. 

A  library,  $75,000. 

The  development  of  a  high  grade  school  for  girls  is  limited  now  only 
by  its  equipment  to  handle  them. 

Location:  Mt.  Carroll,  Illinois. 

William  Jewell  College  has  many  needs,  but  none  so  pressing  as  added 
endowment.  It  is  a  strong  cry  from  this  old  Missouri  college. 

Location:  Liberty,  Missouri. 

Stephens  Junior  College  for  Women  needs  dormitory  facilities  for 
300  additional  students  before  September,  1921,  if  it  is  to  accommodate 
a  major  portion  of  the  students  applying.  $100,000  would  supply  a 
part  of  that  need. 


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A  science  hall  to  cost  about  $150,000. 

A  library  to  cost  $60,000. 

A  dining  hall  to  accommodate  500  girls,  to  cost  $40,000. 

Popularity  brings  its  burdens  as  well  as  its  joys.  Stephens  has  found 
its  way  to  the  hearts  of  Missouri  girls. 

Location:  Columbia,  Missouri. 

Hardin  is  another  highly  successful  college  for  women  in  Missouri. 
The  institution  needs: 

A  dormitory  to  accommodate  150  students. 

A  hospital. 

A  classroom  building. 

A  heating  plant. 

A  second  dormitory. 

A  contribution  toward  any  one  of  these  buildings  will  help  the  edu¬ 
cation  of  Missouri  women 

Location:  Mexico,  Missouri. 

Union  College  is  a  new  name  to  many  Baptists.  The  name  will, 
however,  become  familiar  as  it  is  the  title  given  to  the  new  institution 
growing  out  of  the  union  of  Central  and  Des  Moines  Colleges.  It  is 
located  in  the  city  of  Des  Moines.  The  college  recently  purchased  a 
fine  property  with  excellent  college  buildings,  but  added  equipment  is  a 
necessity.  The  outstanding  needs  are  as  follows: 

A  new  gymnasium  and  equipment  for  the  athletic  field:  $200,000. 

A  chapel  which  shall  occupy  the  central  place  in  the  campus  and  sym¬ 
bolize  all  that  the  college  stands  for  in  Christian  education:  $100,000. 

A  library  building  to  give  housing  facilities  for  20;000  volumes  now 
in  hand  and  others  yet  to  come. 

A  college  commons  for  the  social  gatherings  of  the  student  body  and 
for  meetings  of  the  Christian  Associations. 

An  engineering  hall. 

An  endowment  of  $50,000  for  a  chair  of  Religious  and  Missionary 
Education,  this  department  becoming  increasingly  important  and  neces¬ 
sary  in  our  Christian  colleges. 

The  college  is  also  n  need  of  increased  endowment  funds.  $50,000 
will  endow  a  single  professorship. 

Location:  Des  Moines,  Iowa. 

Ottawa  University.  The  first  necessity  of  this  institution  is  an  ade¬ 
quate  endowment  fund.  $500,000  is  now  being  sought.  When  secured 
this  will  give  an  endowment  of  $1,000,000  to  the  college.  This  sum  is 
none  too  large  to  meet  the  exigencies  of  the  present  situation. 

The  college  is  also  in  need  of  several  buildings.  It  is  not  adequately 
housed  at  present.  The  following  are  the  outstanding  needs  from  the 
point  of  view  of  equipment: 

A  central  heating  plant,  $50,000 

Dining  hall  and  social  rooms,  $60,000. 

Library  building,  $100,000. 

Dormitory  for  girls,  $100,000. 

Finishing  of  science  building,  $50,000. 

Improving  the  campus,  $15,000. 

Location:  Ottawa,  Kansas. 

Grand  Island  College.  The  most  urgent  need  of  this  institution  is  a 
central  heating  plant  to  replace  one  which  is  completely  worn  out. 


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The  estimated  cost  will  be  not  less  than  $15,000.  The  second  need  of 
the  college  is  a  modern  science  building.  There  is  a  building  now  on  the 
campus  which  can  be  remodeled  for  this  purpose  and  the  cost  of  the 
change  will  be  not  less  than  $25,000. 

Location:  Grand  Island,  Nebraska. 

University  of  Nebraska.  The  Baptists  of  Nebraska  are  deeply 
concerned  about  their  students  at  the  State  University,  of  whom  there 
are  many.  They  have,  therefore,  purchased  a  plot  of  ground  upon 
which  is  located  a  temporary  building.  This  cost  $15,000.  On  this 
site  must  be  erected  a  modern  residence  and  social  center  for  the  stu¬ 
dent  body.  The  first  cost  must  be  provided  from  the  New  World 
Movement. 

Location:  Lincoln,  Nebraska. 

Kansas  City  Baptist  Theological  Seminary.  Baptists  have  two 
theological  seminaries  west  of  the  Mississippi  River.  One  of  these  is 
located  in  Kansas  City,  Kansas.  The  immediate  need  of  this  institution 
is  an  addition  to  the  endowment  fund  of  $250,000.  The  institution  has 
heretofore  been  dependent  upon  annual  contributions  from  the  churches 
but  this  is  a  precarious  basis  upon  which  to  conduct  a  school  perma¬ 
nently;  therefore  an  endowment  fund  is  an  immediate  necessity.  This 
institution  ministers  to  a  large  number  of  students  in  this  district  and 
in  connection  with  the  seminary  the  trustees  are  conducting  a  women’s 
training  school. 

Owing  to  changes  in  population  it  must  seek  a  new  site  and  erect  a 
new  set  of  buildings,  for  it  cannot  permanently  remain  on  its  old  loca¬ 
tion.  The  cost  of  the  new  site  and  buildings  will  be  not  less  than 
$165,000.  The  buildings  for  the  seminary  proper  would  cost  at  least 
$100,000  and  for  the  training  school  $65,000. 

Location:  Kansas  City,  Kansas. 

Bethel  Academy  and  Theological  Seminary  are  the  educational 
institutions  of  the  Swedish  Baptists.  The  institutions  have  recently 
been  relocated  in  a  fine  section  of  St.  Paul  and  have  two  excellent  build¬ 
ings.  The  Academy  now  needs  a  dormitory  for  boys  and  another  for 
girls.  The  buildings  will  cost  approximately  $50,000.  The  Academy 
also  needs  a  special  endowment  fund  of  $50,000  for  a  chair  in  English 
Bible.  The  Bible  is  taught  to  all  students  every  year  during  their 
course  and  this  department  needs  a  permanent  endowment  fund. 

Location:  St.  Paul,  Minnesota. 

Sioux  Falls  College  desires  first  of  all  a  Department  of  Religious 
Education,  in  order  that  all  students  may  have  some  training  in  the 
organization  and  conduct  of  religious  education  in  the  churches. 
The  college  also  stands  in  great  need  of  a  dormitory  for  women.  It 
could  easily  care  for  200  or  300  girls  if  the  institution  had  housing  facili¬ 
ties  for  them. 

Like  all  important  colleges,  Sioux  Falls  also  needs  a  gymnasium.  It 
is  seriously  handicapped  in  its  efforts  to  give  physical  training  to  all 
students  by  its  lack  of  an  adequate  gymnasium. 

The  college  also  needs  a  library  and  laboratory  equipment  in  order 
to  extend  the  present  work  of  the  institution. 

Location:  Sioux  Falls,  South  Dakota. 

Wayland  Academy  is  located  at  Beaver  Dam,  Wisconsin.  It  is  a 

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coeducational  institution  with  a  good  equipment  and  ideal  environ¬ 
ment.  The  institution  lists  its  needs  as  follows: 

Additional  dormitories. 

A  swimming  pool. 

A  modern  dining  hall. 

An  increase  in  endowment  funds. 

$150,000  will  help  in  meeting  some  of  these  needs. 

Location:  Beaver  Dam,  Wisconsin. 

Carleton  College  has  many  needs  growing  out  of  the  prosperity  of 
the  institution.  Some  of  the  more  important  may  be  listed  as  follows: 

Chemistry  building,  $300,000. 

Physics  building,  $190,000. 

Administration  building,  $60,000. 

Women’s  gymnasium,  $90,000. 

Addition  to  music  hall,  $90,000. 

Books  for  the  library,  $30,000. 

Carleton  College  is  growing  so  rapidly  that  it  is  in  need  of  a  constantly 
increasing  endowment  fund.  There  is  no  limit  to  the  work  which  this 
institution  can  do  for  Baptist  boys  and  girls  if  sufficient  funds  are  se¬ 
cured  for  endowment  purposes. 

Location:  Northfield,  Minnesota. 

McMinnville  College  is  the  only  Baptist  school  in  the  Northwest. 
This  institution  is  making  rapid  progress  in  every  direction,  but  it  is 
still  housed  in  the  old  college  buildings,  which  need  to  be  replaced  as 
rapidly  as  possible.  The  most  pressing  needs  are  an  administrative 
building,  a  dormitory  for  girls  and  one  for  boys,  a  science  building  and  a 
library.  Provision  for  any  one  of  these  needs  would  be  an  investment 
which  will  bring  large  returns  in  the  life  of  the  Northwest. 

Location:  McMinnville,  Oregon. 

Colorado  Woman’s  College.  Bapt'sts  have  but  one  educational 
institution  in  the  Rocky  Mountain  District.  This  is  Colorado  Woman’s 
College,  opened  some  ten  years  ago  at  Denver,  Colorado.  It  is  having  a 
remarkable  success,  but  its  equipment  is  as  yet  decidedly  inadequate. 
The  needs  of  the  school  are  stated  as  follows: 

The  Dormitory.  For  the  purpose  of  completing  the  dormitory  as  it 
now  stands  and  of  finishing  the  north  wing  according  to  the  original  plan 
of  the  architect,  it  is  believed  that  not  less  than  $165,000  would  be  re¬ 
quired.  This  will  materially  increase  the  accommodations  and  is  the 
first  building  project  that  should  be  undertaken.  It  will  also  supply 
needed  classroom  quarters. 

President’s  House.  Housing  conditions  in  Denver  are  very  serious. 
Several  thousand  people  find  it  difficult  to  secure  places  to  live.  One 
of  the  desirable  building  additions  of  the  college  will  be  a  president's 
house,  which  it  would  take  at  east  $15,000  to  provide. 

Library  Equipment.  For  equipment  there  should  be  at  least  $5,000 
appropriated  for  the  library.  The  college  has  a  good  beginning  of  well 
selected  material  and  with  the  expenditure  of  $5,000  it  could  secure  a 
good  working  library. 

Laboratory  Equipment.  For  laboratory  equipment  the  school 
should  have  at  least  $10,000.  The  laboratories  are  already  begun,  but 


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the  school  must  expand  its  work  in  science  and  must  have  equipment 
to  do  the  work  adequately. 

General  Equipment.  With  the  completion  of  the  main  building  it 
will  require  about  $15,000  for  general  equipment. 

The  Grounds.  The  college  grounds  have  never  been  improved  and 
it  is  desirable  to  appropriate  for  this  purpose  somewhere  about  $10,000. 
With  this  the  grounds  could  be  put  in  a  very  presentable  condition  and 
it  would  add  much  to  the  attractiveness  of  the  premises  and  the  appeal 
of  the  institution. 

Location:  Denver,  Colorao. 

Berkeley  Baptist  Divinity  School  is  the  only  Baptist  divinity  school 
west  of  the  Rocky  Mountains.  It  is  located  at  the  seat  of  one  of  the 
greatest  universities  of  the  country.  Like  all  new  schools,  its  first  need 
is  that  of  endowment.  $420,000  is  assigned  for  the  endowment  of  this 
school  in  the  Hundred  Million  Dollar  Fund.  This  will  provide  a 
foundation  for  seven  professorships  in  addition  to  one  which  is  already 
established.  This  endowment  fund  must  be  completed. 

The  school  is  now  erecting  a  fine  building,  the  central  part  and  one 
wing  of  which  are  nearing  completion.  The  rest  of  the  building  ought 
to  be  provided  at  once,  especially  the  wing  which  contains  the  chapel. 

Additional  land  is  required  for  the  expansion  of  the  institution, 
especially  for  providing  a  building  for  the  training  of  women. 

Location:  Berkeley,  California. 

Redlands  University  is  our  only  institution  in  the  Southwest.  It  has 
had  a  remarkable  development  in  the  last  few  years.  It  has,  however, 
rapidly  outgrown  its  equipment  and  its  needs  are  apparent  to  all  visitors. 
Those  which  must  first  be  provided  are  as  follows: 

Dormitories  for  the  increasing  number  of  students,  $150,000.  Present 
dormitories  are  filled  to  capacity  and  it  is  difficult  to  find  desirable  places 
off  the  campus  for  the  students. 

A  library  building  costing  $60,000. 

Chapel  and  fine  arts  building,  $175,000.  The  President’s  house, 
which  is  now  used  for  fine  art  work,  is  no  longer  large  enough  to  meet 
the  demands. 

University  Hall,  $75,000,  to  care  for  the  Christian  Associations  and 
various  student  organizations  and  to  provide  for  the  social  life  of  the 
institution. 

Equipment  for  the  laboratory  and  library,  $30,000. 

For  permanent  endowment  of  the  institution,  $650,000. 

Location:  Redlands,  California. 

Our  denominational  schools  are  monuments  to  the  foresight  and 
sacrificial  gifts  of  our  forefathers,  who  keenly  appreciated  their  large 
place  in  our  denominational  life  and  in  the  furtherance  of  the  Kingdom. 
These  needs  which  we  have  stated  are  not  all  that  might  be  mentioned, 
but  surely  there  is  in  them  ample  opportunity  to  make  an  investment 
that  will  give  you  a  deal  of  satisfaction  in  the  thought  that  for  gener¬ 
ations  you  will  be  building  yourself  into  the  lives  of  many  successive 
builders  of  the  Kingdom. 


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THE  AMERICAN  BAPTIST  HOME  MISSION 

SOCIETY 

The  American  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society  carries  on  missionary 
work  in  nearly  every  state  in  the  Union,  and  in  Cuba,  Porto  Rico, 
Mexico,  Nicaragua,  El  Salvador  and  Honduras.  Its  missionaries  work 
among  twenty-two  foreign-speaking  racial  groups  in  the  United  States 
and  eleven  Indian  tribes.  It  has  an  extensive  missionary  educational 
system  among  the  Negroes,  Indians  (reaching  twenty- three  tribes), 
Spanish  and  other  foreign-speaking  peoples.  In  Mexico  it  has  a  well- 
equipped  hospital.  Schools  and  hospital  need  large  endowments.  It 
aids  in  the  erection  of  churches,  parsonages  and  Christian  community 
center  buildings.  It  gives  special  attention  to  social  service  activities 
and  the  Christian  development  of  rural  communities.  Through  an 
adjustment  with  the  Publication  Society  it  pays  the  salaries  of  the 
colporter  missionaries  and  the  missionaries  on  chapel  cars  and  gospel 
cruisers.  Under  a  Brotherhood  Committee  it  establishes  brotherhoods 
and  stimulates  their  active  program  of  service,  which  includes  work  for 
boys,  in  which  the  Publication  Society  and  the  Home  Mission  Society 
are  jointly  interested.  It  stimulates  evangelism  through  wide  areas  and 
increases  interest  in  this  type  of  work  among  the  churches  and  pastors. 
Its  motto  is  “North  America  for  Christ.”  The  Society  conducts  its 
work  in  closest  cooperation  with  the  Woman’s  American  Baptist  Home 
Mission  Society  and  the  American  Baptist  Publication  Society.  An 
International  Seminary  in  East  Orange,  N.  J.,  will  train  foreign-speak¬ 
ing  leaders  not  only  for  the  racial  groups  in  America  but  also  to  become 
leaders  of  their  own  peoples  in  Europe. 

English-Speaking  Missions 

$10,000  will  provide  the  Society’s  part  of  the  Every-Community 
Service  Endeavor  in  the  State  of  Montana,  which  all  the  evangelical 
denominations  have  joined  in  establishing  as  a  demonstration  state. 

$5,000  covers  the  full  expense  of  a  mission  station. 

Indians. 

The  Indians  in  western  Oklahoma,  among’ whom  most  of  the  Chris¬ 
tians  are  Baptists,  sorely  need  a  school  for  the  Christian  training  of 
their  young  people.  Their  churches  are  without  leaders  because  such  a 
school  has  not  been  provided.  $40,000  will  secure  grounds  and  buildings 
for  such  a  school. 

Automobiles 

In  many  areas  a  missionary’s  work  and  efficiency  can  be  increased 
from  two  to  fivefold  by  the  use  of  an  automobile,  which  enables  him  to 
reach  more  preaching  appointments  and  reach  them  more  frequently, 
and  do  more  evangelistic  and  personal  work. 

$300  given  by  the  Society  calls  forth  sufficient  additional  gifts  to 
purchase  an  automobile  for  a  missionary.  One  hundred  of  these  are 
needed  during  the  next  five  years. 

Americanization  Program 

$2,500  will  make  it  possible  to  present  to  each  missionary  a  copy  of 
the  home  mission  text-book  for  the  year,  with  a  statement  of  practical 
plans  for  bringing  it  to  the  attention  of  the  people. 


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$5,000  will  provide  for  training  the  missionaries  under  appointment 
in  advance  work  in  English  and  better  methods  in  social  service  and 
community  relations,  and  instruction  of  rural  groups  in  institutes 
during  several  days  each  summer. 

Christian  Community  Centers 

The  Society  hopes  to  expend  on  25  Christian  community  centers  in 
five  years  at  least  $250,000  as  providential  developments  may  indicate. 
It  is  expected  that  this  will  lead  to  the  construction  of  adequate  Chris¬ 
tian  community  centers  in  cities  where  local  cooperation  is  strongest. 
$10,000  will  be  the  Society’s  share  on  the  average  for  each  project. 

Negro  Work  in  the  North 

$10,000  for  a  Negro  community  house  and  equipment  and  a  church 
edifice.  Twenty-five  of  these  will  doubtless  be  needed  during  the  next 
five  years.  The  remaining  amounts  will  be  subscribed  by  Negroes  and 
local  organizations. 

Lumber  Camps 

$1,000  will  begin  work  and  the  same  amount  each  year  will  con¬ 
tinue  it. 

Fellowships  for  Specialists  in  city  and  community  work 
$700  for  each  of  ten  such  students  needed  annually. 

Forward  Work  in  Cities 

$18,000  to  $50,000  annually  in  each  of  seven  cities  would  be  the 
Society’s  share  in  a  forward  movement  establishing  our  work  on  a 
reconstructed  and  substantial  basis;  such  gifts  would  be  multiplied 
several  fold  by  local  contributions. 

$2,500  pays  the  Society’s  share  of  the  current  expenses  of  a  com¬ 
munity  house. 

Rural  Demonstration  Centers 

Rural  demonstration  centers  will  be  created  out  of  existing  oppor¬ 
tunities  for  the  most  part,  where  the  church  will  undertake  the  task  of 
a  complete  ministry.  The  ideal  sought  in  this  work  is  that  every  rural 
church  which  has  a  right  to  live  should  become  a  demonstration  center, 
showing  what  a  church  may  really  mean  to  a  community  in  the  making 
of  a  continuous  and  cumulative  survey,  and  the  keeping  of  adequate 
records.  In  some  cases,  the  stimulation  of  the  building  of  a  rural 
community  house,  or  a  more  adequate  church  equipment — building, 
parsonage,  piece  of  land  or  automobile — would  be  within  the  scope  of 
rural  church  redirection  and  demonstration.  To  help  provide  a  suitable 
and  properly  paid  ministry  to  carry  forward  the  work  of  a  rural  demon¬ 
stration  church,  the  Society  will  need  to  cooperate  financially  for  a  time. 
At  least  one  and  preferably  two  rural  demonstration  churches  should 
be  erected  in  all  of  our  states  having  the  largest  number  of  rural 
churches. 

Twenty  rural  community  houses  should  be  built  each  year,  the 
Society  cooperating.  $2,000  is  the  Society’s  share  for  each. 

Social  service  and  rural  community  directors  should  be  secured  in 


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five  states,  $1,500  being  the  Society’s  annual  share  toward  the  salary 
of  each  director. 

Evangelism 

The  task  is  primarily  the  inspiration  and  stimulation  to  utmost 
effectiveness  in  evangelism  and  personal  efforts  of  the  pastor  and 
members  of  every  local  church.  The  operation  of  the  department  calls 
for  a  general  superintendent  of  evangelism;  one  or  more  assistant 
superintendents,  each  combining  the  functions  of  superintendent  and 
evangelist-at-large  in  his  respective  division;  an  evangelist  for  each 
convention,  or  group  of  conventions,  whose  functions  should  be  both 
executive  and  demonstrative;  three  Sunday  school  evangelists,  one  in 
each  division;  three  evangelists  for  industrial  groups;  a  sufficient  num¬ 
ber  of  evangelists  for  the  various  foreign-speaking  groups. 

Evangelists  are  planned  for  in  twenty-seven  conventions.  $1,000 
is  the  Society’s  share  toward  the  salary  of  each.  $2,500  will  provide  for 
a  Sunday  school  evangelist.  Three  are  needed.  $1,250  is  the  Society’s 
share  of  the  salary  of  an  assistant  evangelist.  Ten  are  needed. 

Architectural  Department 

An  architectural  department  was  established  June  15,  1920,  by  the 
American  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society  and  the  American  Baptist 
Publication  Society,  jointly,  for  the  purpose  of  securing  an  improvement 
in  architecture  of  churches,  Sunday  schools  and  denominational  insti¬ 
tutions.  $15,000  is  desired  for  the  support  of  this  project. 

Gospel  Cruisers 

The  salaries  of  the  missionaries  on  the  gospel  cruisers  are  borne  by 
the  Home  Mission  Society.  One  of  the  cruisers  can  be  operated 
by  a  single  missionary,  the  other  requires  a  missionary  and  assistant. 
These  boats  ply  the  waters  of  Oregon  and  Washington. 

$1,400  to  $1,800  provides  the  salary  of  each  captain  or  mate. 

International  Seminary 

The  Baptists  have  had  remarkable  success  among  several  nationalities 
of  immigrants,  especially  the  Russians,  Poles,  Italians,  Hungarians, 
Slovaks  and  Rumanians.  We  have  provided  their  preachers  with  some 
training,  but  the  time  has  come  when  there  is  a  loud  call  from  these 
groups  in  America,  and  also  from  their  original  homes  in  Europe  for  a 
more  satisfactory  training  for  their  preachers  and  missionaries.  It  is 
a  great  opportunity  to  preach  the  gospel  and  at  the  same  time  to  train 
in  Americanism  and  to  meet  Bolshevism.  The  American  Baptist  Home 
Mission  Society  has  established  a  school  which  will  include  departments 
for  all  of  these  races. 

$100,000.  A  dormitory  with  recitation  rooms. 

50,000.  Endowment  of  a  professorship. 

15,000.  For  immediate  purchase  of  building  to  accommodate  ten 
Russian  camp  converts  desiring  to  prepare  to  preach. 

$15,000.  Building  or  buying  a  double  house  for  professors. 

12,000.  For  building  a  four-apartment  married-students’  home. 

2,500.  For  establishing  a  scholarship. 

2,000.  For  endowment  of  a  library  alcove  in  each  of  the  following 
departments:  Russian,  Italian,  Hungarian,  Polish,  Slovak,  Rumanian. 


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Mexican  Training  School  in  California.  It  is  said  that  a  million 
Mexicans  are  living  in  the  United  States.  They  are  very  numerous  in 
the  southwestern  states.  Among  them  are  a  good  many  Baptists,  who 
need  trained  leaders.  A  school  is  being  opened  to  train  them  tempor¬ 
arily  in  Los  Angeles,  California.  It  needs: 

$75,000  for  a  building 
3,000  for  current  expenses  for  a  year 

New  buildings  of  improved  type  are  needed  for  educational,  social 
and  other  community  activities. 

$10,000  for  Japanese  building  at  Seattle,  Washington;  toward  cost 
of  $25,000. 

3,000  for  Mexicans  in  Yuma,  Arizona;  total  cost  $10,000. 

3,000  each  for  six  other  such  buildings. 

2,500  for  Russians,  Seattle,  Washington. 

2,500  for  cosmopolitan  building  for  Russians,  Italians  and  other 
groups  in  Los  Angeles,  California,  toward  a  total  cost  of 
$50,000. 

10,000  for  Italians  in  Providence,  Rhode  Island;  total  cost  of  build¬ 
ing,  $30,000.  Two  are  needed. 

5,000  for  Italians,  Ossining,  N.  Y.;  total  cost,  $20,000. 

5,000  for  Italian  Community  Center,  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania; 
total  cost,  $75,000. 

5,000  for  Italian  Community  Center,  Newark,  New  Jersey;  total 
cost,  $25,000. 

15,000  for  Chinese  Community  Center  in  the  Bowery,  New  York 
City;  total  cost,  $75,000. 

2.500  for  Russian  Building,  Chester,  Pennsylvania;  total  $10,000. 
10,000  for  Slovak  Building,  New  York  City;  total  cost  $50,000. 

The  Society  should  spend  not  less  than  $60,000  annually  for  five  years 
in  better  equipment  of  our  foreign-speaking  missions  and  churches. 
The  Society’s  gifts  will  be  supplemented  by  large  gifts  of  local  churches 
and  conventions  or  city  mission  societies. 

Undeveloped  Racial  Groups 

$3,500  for  salary  and  expenses  of  a  general  missionary  among 
Mexicans  of  southwestern  states 

3.500  for  general  missionary  among  the  Chinese 

2.500  for  general  missionary  among  the  Russians 

2,500  for  general  missionary  among  the  Rumanians 

2,500  for  general  missionary  among  the  Jugo-Slavs 

Negro  Education 

The  Society  supports  several  of  the  highest  Christian  schools  for 
Negroes: 

Storer  College,  Harper’s  Ferry,  W.  Va. 

Virginia  Union  University,  Richmond,  Va. 

Shaw  University,  Raleigh,  N.  C. 

Benedict  College,  Columbia,  S.  C. 

Morehouse  College,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

Jackson  College,  Jackson,  Miss. 

Leland  College,  Alexandria,  La. 

Bishop  College,  Marshall,  Texas 

Without  exception  these  schools  are  overcrowded  with  students. 


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Three  and  four  students  are  packed  into  rooms  intended  for  two  students; 
recitation  rooms  are  filled  with  cots  and  students.  Hundreds  this  year 
have  been  refused  admission  to  almost  every  one  of  these  schools.  This 
is  our  opportunity  to  give  Christian  education  to  colored  people. 

The  salaries  of  the  teachers  vary  from  $800  to  $1,500  a  year.  Desig¬ 
nated  gifts  toward  the  salaries  of  these  teachers  will  be  welcome. 

Storer  College,  Harper’s  Ferry,  W.  Va.,  is  overflowing  with  students. 
Its  dining  room  and  kitchen  are  utterly  inadequate,  its  music  depart¬ 
ment  without  rooms,  its  sewing  room  pitifully  small,  no  place  for 
millinery.  It  needs: 

$100,000  for  a  domestic  science  and  dining  building. 

80,000  for  dormitory  to  accommodate  75  young  men 
3,000  for  repair  of  water  system 

Virginia  Union  University,  Richmond,  Virginia,  is  crowded  with 
students  in  its  higher  classes.  Over  100  young  men  have  been  refused 
admission.  It  needs: 

$100,000  for  a  science  building 
80,000  for  a  new  dormitory  hall 
40,000  for  enlargement  of  dining  hall 

40,000  for  professorship  in  theological  or  teachers’  training  de¬ 
partment 

25,000  for  endowment  of  library 
9,000  for  professor’s  house 
5,000  for  paths  and  grounds 
2,500  for  scientific  equipment 

Shaw  University,  Raleigh,  N.  C.,  is  growing  by  leaps  and  bounds. 
A  Woman’s  Christian  Workers’  Training  Department  has  been  started. 
Enlargement  is  called  for  in  many  directions: 

$100,000  for  a  science  building 
60,000  for  girls’  dormitory 
30,000  for  Y.  M.  C.  A.  and  gymnasium 
15,000  for  enlargement  of  teachers’  home 
10,000  for  new  teachers’  home 

Benedict  College,  Columbia,  South  Carolina,  is  deluged  with  students, 
although  the  lower  students  are  not  admitted  To  the  dormitories. 
Hundreds  have  been  turned  away.  It  needs: 

$80,000  for  a  boys’  or  girls’  dormitory 
60,000  for  a  dining  hall 
40,000  for  a  practise  school  building 
20,000  for  enlargement  of  a  much  needed  hospital 

Morehouse  College,  Atlanta,  Georgia,  is  a  great  school  for  young  men 
for  which  the  General  Education  Board  has  recently  appropriated 
money  for  a  science  building,  teachers’  houses,  and  other  purposes. 
It  needs: 

$100,000  for  a  new  dormitory 
30,000  for  gymnasium 
40,000  for  endowment  for  a  professorship 

Jackson  College,  Jackson,  Mississippi,  is  developing  its  higher  depart¬ 
ments  and  is  in  need  of  several  buildings  to  care  for  the  rapidly  increas¬ 
ing  students.  It  needs: 


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$100,000  for  college  building,  which  is  now  badly  crowded  with  the 
lower  grades 

60,000  for  a  girls’  dormitory 
30,000  for  dining  hall  for  the  multiplying  students 
20,000  for  heating  plant 
7,000  for  professor’s  house 

Leland  College,  Louisiana,  is  about  to  be  relocated  and  rebuilt.  There 
is  an  opportunity  to  build  a  school  according  to  a  plan  carefully  worked 
out  to  meet  the  needs  of  a  great  state.  It  needs: 

$100,000  for  an  administration  building 
100,000  for  a  boys’  or  a  girls’  dormitory 
50,000  for  the  purchase  of  a  site 
10,000  for  a  president’s  house 
7,000  for  a  teacher’s  house 

Bishop  College,  Marshall,  Texas,  is  in  many  ways  the  best  colored 
school  of  the  state.  It  has  far  outgrown  its  capacity.  Recently  More¬ 
house  Hall,  its  lecture  hall,  was  destroyed  by  fire.  It  needs: 

$100,000  for  an  administration  building  and  lecture  hall 
80,000  for  a  boys’  or  girls’  dormitory- 

25, 000  for  library  fund,  for  salary  of  librarian  and  purchase  of  books 
11,000  for  teachers’  home 
7,000  for  married  teachers’  home 
5,000  for  paths 
3,600  for  employee’s  cottage 

3,500  for  physical  laboratory 

3,500  for  biological,  botanical  and  agricultural  laboratory 

3.500  for  chemical  laboratory 

Latin  America 

Porto  Rico 

$9,575  for  residence  and  lot  for  teacher  in  Rio  Piedras 
1,200  for  eight  annual  scholarships  for  students  at  Training 
School,  $150  each 

3,000  for  a  memorial  or  other  gift  to  provide  perpetual  scholarship 
aid  for  a  student  preparing  for  missionary  work 
60,000  for  parsonages  for  twenty  mission  stations,  at  $3,000  each 
11,000  for  a  church  building  at  Juncos 
4,000  for  Loisa  chapel 
1,200  for  addition  to  chapel  at  Caguas 

1.500  for  addition  to  chapel  at  Rio  Piedras 

Cuba 

We  have  probably  the  most  successful  Protestant  school  in  the  Island 
of  Cuba — the  Colegios  Internacionales  at  Cristo.  It  has  300  students, 
many  of  them  from  the  best  families.  It  has  a  remarkable  opportunity 
to  fashion  Cuban  ideals  and  life.  The  Institute  or  College  department 
is  large  and  strong.  The  school  has  the  confidence  of  all  parties.  In 
the  last  rebellion  both  sides  protected  this  school  from  harm.  It  ought 
to  be  made  for  Cuba  what  Robert  College  has  been  for  Turkey.  Its 
buildings  are  crowded:  15  cots  in  one  recitation  room,  11  in  another, 
29  boys  in  an  old  gymnasium,  besides  all  bedrooms  being  crowded. 
Its  needs  today  are: 


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$80,000  for  administration  building  and  lecture  hall 
80,000  for  dormitory 
8,000  for  residence  for  president 
5,000  for  residence  for  teacher 
3,000  for  one  scholarship  (Ten  are  needed) 

2,000  toward  a  suitable  residence  for  the  town  pastors.  The  other 
half  of  the  expense  will  be  borne  by  the  local  church.  (Four¬ 
teen  of  these  parsonages  are  greatly  needed.) 

6,000  to  $8,000  toward  primary  school  buildings,  costing  $12,000 
each.  These  schools  are  self-sustaining.  From  one  third  to 
one  half  the  cost  of  each  school  building  will  be  provided 
by  the  Cuban  church.  Eight  of  these  are  needed.  The 
towns  where  the  need  is  most  urgent  are  Guantanamo, 
Bayamo  and  Ciego  de  Avila. 

8,000  for  more  land 

Mexico 

$2,500  for  addition  to  church  at  Mexico  City 
2,500  for  addition  to  church  at  Monterey 
50,000  for  new  church  and  parsonage  at  Puebla 
60,000  for  church  at  Tampico 
.20,000  for  church  at  San  Luis  Potosi 
15,000  for  church  at  Victoria 
3,000  for  church  at  Villadalma 
1,000  for  parsonage  at  Santa  Rosa 

Nicaragua 

$20,000  for  chapel  at  Managua 
5,000  for  chapel  at  Masaya 

Salvador 

$25,000  for  chapel  at  San  Salvador 
100,000  for  school  at  San  Salvador 
2,500  for  chapel  at  Atiquizaya 
20,000  for  chapel  at  Santa  Ana 

Honduras 

This  is  our  newest  field,  our  first  missionary  having  recently  arrived. 

We  must  make  provision  for  equipment,  the  purchase  of  sites,  etc. 

$5,000  a  year  is  needed  for  this  purpose. 


The  above  are  necessarily  very  brief  suggestions.  You  will  note  that 
there  are  objects  that  can  be  accomplished  with  $1,000.  Others  range 
all  the  way  to  $100,000.  We  shall  be  glad  to  give  further  information 
and  even  to  suggest  other  of  the  almost  limitless  number  of  interesting 
opportunities  to  bring  the  influence  of  Christ  to  bear  upon  this  great 
land  of  ours. 


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WOMAN’S  AMERICAN  BAPTIST  HOME 
MISSION  SOCIETY 

The  field  of  the  Woman’s  American  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society 
covers  the  entire  continent  of  North  America,  with  the  exception  of  the 
Dominion  of  Canada,  including  Central  America,  and  the  West  Indies. 
They  have  scores  of  missionaries  scattered  all  over  the  territory,  engaged 
in  various  kinds  of  activities.  They  are  now  facing  many  new  open 
doors  of  great  opportunities.  There  is  practically  no  limit  to  the  work 
which  they  might  do  if  proper  funds  were  supplied. 

Negroes  in  the  North 

The  great  migration  of  Negroes  from  the  Southern  States  into  the 
North  has  created  a  situation  in  many  of  our  communities  which  the 
Woman’s  Home  Society  has  been  quick  to  recognize.  Experience  has 
already  demonstrated  that  one  of  the  very  best  methods  of  ministering 
to  these  people  in  a  strange  land  is  through  the  Christian  Community 
Center.  The  Woman’s  Society  desires  to  build  immediately  five  new 
Centers.  These  cost  about  $10,000  each. 

The  Great  Cities 

The  Community  Centers  have  demonstrated  their  value  not  merely 
in  the  Negro  settlements,  but  also  in  the  heart  of  the  great  immigrant 
districts.  The  results  which  have  already  been  achieved  are  plain 
indications  of  the  possibilities  if  many  of  these  Centers  could  be  estab¬ 
lished  throughout  the  nation.  We  ought  to  have  one  in  the  heart  of 
every  great  non-English-speaking  colony.  The  Woman’s  Home  Mission 
Society  is  cooperating  with  the  general  society  in  the  erection  and 
maintenance  of  these  institutions.  Their  plans  for  the  five-year  period 
provide  for  the  erection  of  at  least  33  of  these  Christian  Centers,  the 
location  to  be  determined  after  careful  investigation  and  survey  of  the 
greatest  needs.  In  order  to  erect,  equip  and  provide  workers,  at  least 
$450,000  will  be  required.  The  Woman’s  Home  Mission  Society  will  be 
glad  to  correspond  with  friends  as  to  the  locations  which  are  to  be  deter¬ 
mined  for  them. 

New  Missionaries 

If  the  Woman’s  Society  is  to  respond  to  the  appeals  that  are  coming 
in  it  will  be  necessary  for  them  to  send  out  a  large  number  of  new 
missionaries  and  teachers  during  the  five-year  period.  It  will  be  useless 
to  erect  the  new  schools  or  Christian  Centers  unless  we  have  the  trained 
workers  to  teach  and  to  minister.  The  Woman’s  Society,  therefore,  is 
appealing  for  the  sum  of  $127,000  during  the  five-year  period,  in  order 
to  enable  it  to  furnish  each  new  building  with  a  staff  qnd  to  respond 
to  the  pressing  appeals  for  new  missionaries. 

The  Negro  Schools  in  the  South 

The  women  have  long  been  interested  in  the  schools  which  are  main¬ 
tained  for  the  Negroes  in  the  South.  One  of  the  outstanding  institutions 
among  these  people  is  Mather  School  at  Beaufort,  South  Carolina. 
The  school  is  already  over-crowded  and  turning  away  many  applicants. 
Domestic  science  has  recently  assumed  an  important  element  in  the 


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education  of  the  Negro  people.  When  the  girls  go  back  from  Mather 
to  their  country  homes  they  carry  with  them  higher  ideals  of  home  life 
and  better  knowledge  of  how  to  maintain  them.  Mather  must  have  a 
Domestic  Science  Building,  land  for  which  has  already  been  purchased. 
The  cost  of  the  building  will  be  approximately  $20,000. 

Hartshorn  College  in  Virginia  is  greatly  in  need  of  new  buildings.  It 
has  entirely  outgrown  its  present  equipment.  If  this  important  school 
is  to  continue  its  services  to  the  Negro  race  the  women  of  the  North 
must  respond  generously  to  its  appeal.  $40,000  are  required  for  the 
immediate  building  needs  and  $12,000  for  nurses.  The  new  building  is 
to  be  devoted  to  the  girls’  preparatory  school  and  college  department. 

Shaw  University  is  one  of  the  leading  institutions  of  the  South  among 
the  Negro  people.  It  has  prepared  hundreds  of  young  men  and  women 
for  effective  work  among  their  people.  A  missionary  training  school 
affiliated  with  the  University  is  preparing  the  young  Negro  women  for 
missionary  service  among  their  own  people.  $9,000  will  provide  the 
purchase  of  adequate  property  for  this  institution  and  give  it  equip¬ 
ment.  $4,000  will  provide  the  new  teachers. 

The  Strangers  At  Our  Gates 

The  women  can  not  fail  to  be  interested  in  the  large  number  of 
strangers  who  are  now  landing  at  our  gates.  Immigration  bids  fair 
to  reach  the  high  pre-war  level  within  a  short  time.  The  Woman’s 
Society  is  carrying  on  an  effective  work,  teaching  these  new  people 
Christian  ideals.  Its  Christian  Americanization  Department  needs  an 
addition  of  $15,000  to  its  budget  in  order  to  make  possible  the  larger 
work  that  ought  to  be  done. 

Automobiles  Multiply  Missionaries 

Many  a  woman  has  already  discovered  that  her  influence  is  greatly 
multiplied  if  she  has  an  automobile  to  save  her  time.  The  missionaries 
of  the  Woman’s  Home  Mission  Society  have  discovered  this  also. 
$3,500  would  provide  machines  which  are  very  much  needed  by  the 
missionaries  of  the  Indian  reservations.  They  would  be  able  to  go 
quickly  from  village  to  village  to  render  service  in  teaching  and  healing. 
They  could  also  enlarge  their  reach  to  more  of  the  sixty  per  cent,  of  our 
338,000  Indians  Vho  are  as  yet  untouched  by  the  gospel.  The  new 
Indian  churches  are  showing  a  fine  spirit  and  this  work  must  not  be 
overlooked. 

Latin  America 

The  Christian  people  of  the  North  have  been  very  slow  in  responding 
to  the  needs  of  their  neighbors  of  Central  America.  We  have  allowed 
their  acceptance  of  a  formal  Christianity  to  dull  our  interest  in  their 
knowledge  of  the  true  gospel.  Recently,  however,  a  new  interest  has 
been  awakened  in  the  republics  to  the  south.  A  large  portion  of  the 
territory  has  been  assigned  exclusively  to  the  Northern  Baptists  and 
the  Woman’s  Home  Mission  Society  has  already  inaugurated  an  im¬ 
portant  work.  Over  half  a  million  dollars  will  be  required  to  erect  the 
buildings  which  are  imperatively  needed  in  the  states  of  Nicaragua  and 
Salvador. 

Cuba.  The  best  school  in  Cuba  is  the  International  School  at  El 
Cristo,  which  has  a  splendid  reputation  and  a  large  student  body. 


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The  girls  are  applying  for  admittance  to  the  institution  more  rapidly 
than  they  can  be  received.  We  must  depend  upon  these  graduates  to 
be  the  native  teachers  and  missionaries  of  Cuba.  To  meet  their  needs 
a  dormitory  must  be  erected  at  once.  The  cost  will  be  approximately 
$60,000. 

Porto  Rico.  A  Day  Nursery  means  a  kindergarten,  a  mothers’ 
meeting,  a  trained  nurse  and  kindergartner,  and  a  missionary.  Give 
this  combination  a  building  and  it  becomes  a  Christian  Center  of 
unbounded  influence.  Everything  is  ready  at  Ponce,  except  the  con¬ 
serving  element,  that  is,  the  much  needed  building.  $15,000  will  pro¬ 
vide  it. 

Today  every  self-respecting  girl  claims  the  right  to  a  means  of  earning 
her  own  living.  Industrial  work  is  now  being  planned  by  the  Woman’s 
Society  for  its  mission  at  Puerta  de  Tierra.  This  school  very  much 
needs  a  suitable  building  in  which  to  carry  on  this  community  work. 
$7,000  would  make  it  a  center  of  Christian  influence  in  a  large  territory. 

In  the  work  in  Porto  Rico  there  is  peculiar  encouragement.  By  the 
time  our  present  missionaries  have  completed  their  work,  there  will 
be  native  workers  ready  to  carry  it  on  if  their  education  is  encouraged. 
One  young  woman  who  received  a  scholarship  from  a  Baptist  woman 
is  now  a  commissioned  and  valued  worker  for  the  Society.  $1,000  are 
needed  for  scholarships  and  $500  for  a  student  fund. 

Mexico.  Now  that  conditions  are  more  settled,  our  opportunity  in 
this  great  country  is  returning.  Our  teachers  are  welcome  and  our 
schools  are  crowded  with  children.  The  problem  of  providing  sufficient 
native  teachers  demanded  for  the  Mexican  schools  by  the  government 
is  a  serious  one.  The  Woman’s  Home  Mission  Society  has  been  com¬ 
pelled  to  establish  a  Normal  School  at  Puebla.  A  splendid  building  has 
been  rented  which  can  be  purchased  at  a  figure  far  below  its  actual  cost. 
$56,000  will  enable  the  Woman’s  Society  to  hold  the  title  to  this  prop¬ 
erty.  They  ought  to  have  it  at  once. 

The  school  at  Monterey  is  a  native  venture  and  has  been  a  great 
success  in  spite  of  the  fact  that  it  has  been  inadequately  housed  at  an 
exorbitant  rent.  If  the  Baptists  would  erect  a  new  modern  building 
and  give  it  proper  equipment,  this  in  itself  would  be  an  encouraging 
inspiration  to  the  young  Mexican  Christians.  They  deserve  our  hearty 
cooperation.  The  future  of  Mexico  depends  upon  its  trained  Christian 
leadership.  A  new  building  can  be  provided  at  Monterey  for  $35,000. 


Eternity  alone  can  reveal  the  effectiveness  of  the  varied  work  which 
the  Woman’s  American  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society  is  doing  in  all 
parts  of  the  United  States  and  in  Latin  America.  The  scope  of  this 
work  could  be  vastly  increased  if  the  financial  resources  of  the  women 
were  largely  augmented.  There  are  unlimited  opportunities  for  the 
investment  of  life  and  for  starting  operations  that  will  bear  fruitage  in 
precious  lives  for  all  time  to  come.  Let  us  tell  you  more  about  some  one 
or  more  of  these  opportunities. 


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AMERICAN  BAPTIST  FOREIGN  MISSION 

SOCIETY 

Our  Representatives  on  the  Foreign  Field 

Northern  Baptists  are  represented  on  the  foreign  field  by  about  250 
missionary  families  in  addition  to  the  women  missionaries  supported 
by  the  Woman’s  American  Baptist  Foreign  Mission  Society.  Of  the 
250  families,  125  are  now  definitely  supported  by  individuals  and 
churches  who  are  maintaining  their  representatives  in  the  Orient. 
The  salaries  of  these  missionaries  vary  according  to  their  period  of 
service  and  the  size  of  their  families.  $1,200  to  $3,000  will  provide  the 
support  of  a  missionary  family  in  the  Orient.  Many  other  Baptist 
churches  ought  to  have  their  foreign  pastors.  Missionaries  will  be 
assigned  on  application  to  the  American  Baptist  Foreign  Mission  Society. 

The  program  of  the  New  World  Movement  provides  for  sending  out 
228  new  missionary  families  during  the  five-year  period.  About  40  of 
these  have  already  sailed.  This  means  at  least  180  more  must  be  sent 
out  within  the  next  three  years  and  a  half.  Our  foreign  mission  force 
is  seriously  depleted.  Many  stations  are  without  missionaries  and  the 
burden  of  work  is  falling  heavily  upon  those  who  are  left.  Relief  forces 
must  be  sent  over  at  the  earliest  moment.  $1,200  will  provide  the  salary 
of  one  of  these  new  missionaries.  It  will  cost,  however,  $1,000  to  secure 
his  passage  to  the  field  and  $600  in  addition  to  provide  for  his  outfit. 
A  gift  of  $2,800,  therefore,  will  provide  for  the  sending  out  of  a  new 
missionary  family  and  his  care  for  one  year.  $5,200  will  provide  for 
this  family  until  the  close  of  the  five-year  period.  • 

Mabie  Memorial,  Yokohama,  Japan.  When  this  great  Christian 
school  for  boys  was  opened  a  year  ago  326  boys  applied  for  admission; 
only  143  could  be  accommodated.  The  completion  of  the  buildings 
will  make  it  possible  for  us  to  give  a  thorough  Christian  education  to 
600  Japanese  men  each  year.  In  this  way  we  shall  touch  the  Japanese 
men  at  the  very  threshold  with  the  spirit  of  Christ.  The  first  wing  of 
the  great  building  is  now  finished  and  a  temporary  building  has  been 
erected  for  the  chapel  and  gymnasium.  $300,000  is  needed  for  the 
completion  of  this  great  project. 

Waseda  University,  Tokyo,  Japan.  Waseda  is  one  of  the  oldest 
universities  in  the  Japanese  Empire  and  now  enrolls  more  than  10,000 
students  who  come  from  all  parts  of  the  empire.  Waseda  has  for 
years  been  making  a  great  contribution  in  the  training  of  leaders  in  all 
departments  of  Japanese  life.  The  American  Baptist  Foreign  Mission 
Society  has  at  the  invitation  of  the  University  already  established  a 
dormitories  for  boys  who  are  students  in  the  institution.  Our 
Missionary  is  doing  remarkable  work  in  the  bringing  of  Christianity 
to  the  attention  of  these  college  students  in  a  tangible  and  definite  way 
and  doing  much  to  lift  the  moral  and  spiritual  standards  of  student  life. 
The  University  has  now  requested  us  to  build  two  additional  dormi¬ 
tories.  One  of  these  was  recently  provided  through  the  Victory 
Campaign.  The  other  must  be  provided  at  once.  The  estimated  cost 
of  this  dormitory  will  be  $18,000. 

A  large  number  of  government  students  spend  their  vacation  at 
Karuizawa,  where  we  have  an  opportunity  of  caring  for  many  of  them  in 
a  dormitory  which  ought  soon  to  be  erected.  This  will  cost  $10,000. 


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Shanghai  Baptist  College.  The  city  of  Shanghai  is  the  political, 
commercial  and  intellectual  center  of  China.  On  a  magnificent  site 
overlooking  the  river,  in  cooperation  with  the  Southern  Baptists  we 
maintain  the  Shanghai  Baptist  College.  The  campus  is  in  full  view 
from  every  ship  which  enters  or  leaves  the  city.  At  the  present  time 
402  students  are  enrolled.  New  equipment  must  be  provided  im¬ 
mediately  if  the  school  is  to  keep  pace  with  the  remarkable  development. 
Students  are  attracted  to  this  institution  from  all  parts  of  China.  The 
graduates  are  accepted  in  the  leading  American  universities  like  Brown, 
Chicago,  Columbia  and  Yale.  To  provide  a  Christian  training  for  the 
future  leaders  of  China  is  the  great  aim  of  this  institution.  To  make 
it  more  efficient  in  the  achievement  of  this  aim  new  equipment  is  im¬ 
peratively  required. 

Development  of  the  Yangtsepoo  Social  Center,  $10,000 

Residences  for  missionaries  on  the  faculty,  $15,000 

Residences  for  Chinese  teachers,  $7,000 

Chapel,  $50,000 

Library  and  equipment,  $70,000 

Total  in  four  years,  $100,000 

The  new  Haskell  Gymnasium,  the  first  modern  gymnasium  of  China, 
costing  $23,000;  the  Evanston  dormitory,  costing  $30,000;  another 
dormitory,  costing  $45,000,  and  the  Science  Building,  costing  $80,000, 
have  recently  been  erected.  The  college  is  destined  to  be  one  of  the 
finest  educational  institutions  in  the  Orient. 

Kaying  Academy,  Kaying,  China.  No  school  on  the  fields  occu¬ 
pied  by  the  Foreign  Mission  Society  has  developed  in  recent  years 
with  such  startling  rapidity  as  has  been  true  in  the  case  of  the  Academy 
at  Kaying,  South  China,  among  the  great  Hakka  section  of  the  Chinese 
people.  Eight  years  ago  two  or  three  dozen  boys  were  gathered  into 
the  school  where  now  more  than  600  are  accommodated  in  such  class¬ 
rooms  as  can  be  provided  in  one  small  building  and  in  other  structures 
which  are  rented  from  Chinese  families.  A  gift  of  $30,000  has  been  sub¬ 
scribed  for  the  erection  of  a  suitable  dormitory.  An  administration 
building,  which  would  include  classrooms,  is  imperatively  required  and 
could  be  erected  at  a  cost  of  $45,000. 

Mong  Lem,  China.  The  Kengtung  field  in  northern  Burma  has 
had  one  of  the  most  remarkable  experiences  of  any  of  our  mission 
fields.  During  the  last  sixteen  years  over  16,000  converts  have  been 
baptized  and  at  least  7,000  were  people  who  came  across  the  border 
from  China.  They  are,  however,  too  far  from  Kengtung  to  receive 
missionary  oversight  and  a  new  station  must  be  opened  at  Mong  Lem. 
This  will  require  entirely  new  equipment,  including  churches,  schools, 
dispensaries,  etc.  It  is  a  wonderful  evangelistic  opportunity.  $25,000 
will  be  needed  immediately  if  we  are  to  take  advantage  of  the  situation. 

Philippine  Islands.  Students’  dormitory  at  Bacolod,  $20,000; 
Jaro  Industrial  School  Development,  $200,000.  A  great  opportunity 
is  presented  to  Baptists  in  the  Philippine  Islands  Mission  for  reaching 
the  younger  generation.  A  new  dormitory  and  the  adequate  develop¬ 
ment  of  the  Jaro  Industrial  School  are  of  prime  importance  if  we  are  to 
meet  our  responsibility  in  Christianizing  the  future  Philippine  leaders. 


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Judson  College,  Rangoon,  Burma.  One  of  our  great  educational 
institutions  in  the  Orient  is  Judson  College,  which  has  now  become  a 
part  of  the  new  Burma  University.  This  will  be  the  one  Christian 
college  among  12,000,000  people.  The  government  has  secured  a  beau¬ 
tiful  new  campus  for  the  University  and  has  assigned  us  a  valuable 
tract  of  land  in  connection  with  it.  The  government  will  provide  one 
half  of  the  entire  cost  of  the  new  plant.  The  Baptists  of  the  Northern 
States  must,  however,  provide  the  other  half. 

The  history  of  our  mission  in  Burma  during  the  last  century  has  been 
without  a  peer,  but  if  this  mission  is  to  make  a  proportionately  great 
contribution  to  the  new  Burma  during  the  next  century  it  must  be 
prepared  to  turn  out  a  large  number  of  trained  leaders.  Therefore, 
the  new  Judson  College  must  be  adequately  equipped.  Its  needs  are 
as  follows: 

Library  building,  $15,000 

Gymnasium,  $5,000 

Boys’  dormitories,  $37,500 

Ten  residences  for  teachers,  $30,000 

Dining  hall,  $5,000 

High  school  dormitory,  $20,000 

Classroom  building,  $30,000 

Chapel,  $22,500 

Chemical  laboratory,  $12,500 

Jorhat  Christian  Schools  of  Assam.  Assam  is  the  backward 
province  of  India.  Less  than  five  per  cent,  of  the  people  are  literate. 
Christian  education  is  of  the  utmost  importance  for  the  physical,  in¬ 
tellectual  and  spiritual  development  of  the  people.  At  the  Jorhat 
Christian  Schools  250  young  men  are  now  enrolled,  some  of  whom  have 
walked  two  hundred  miles  to  attend  the  school.  They  come  from 
fifteen  different  races  and  speak  numerous  dialects.  Additional  equip¬ 
ment  is  now  required  to  take  care  of  the  increasing  number  of  applicants. 
If  the  buildings  can  be  erected  this  school  will  make  a  tremendous 
contribution  to  the  building  of  the  manhood  of  the  entire  province  and 
in  transforming  the  fifteen  different  races  of  poverty-stricken  people 
into  educated  Christian  men  and  women.  For  the  building  of  this 
important  institution  the  following  amounts  are  needed : 

Primary  school  building,  $6,500 

High  school  building,  $10,000 

A  mission  bungalow,  $4,000 

Building  for  Industrial  Department,  $10,000 

Administration  building,  $5,000 

Normal  school  building,  $15,000 

Kangpokpi,  Manipur,  Assam.  Permission  to  open  a  mission 
station  at  Kangpokpi,  Assam,  was  granted  Baptist  missionaries  last 
year  by  the  government  of  the  native  state  of  Manipur,  and  missionaries 
of  the  American  Baptist  Foreign  Mission  Society  are  now  given  the 
opportunity  of  preaching  the  gospel  to  a  section  of  the  world  which, 
up  to  the  present  time,  has  been  practically  closed  to  Christianity. 
Evangelistic,  educational  and  medical  work  will  be  carried  on  through¬ 
out  the  375  villages.  Rev.  William  Pettigrew  and  Dr.  G.  G.  Crozier 
are  now  at  work  in  this  new  field.  Part  of  the  medical  work  is  to  be 
devoted  to  lepers  and  it  is  hoped  in  time  to  have  a  hospital  with  a  special 


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force  of  workers  for  these  people.  Treatment  will  also  be  given  tubercu¬ 
losis  patients.  To  develop  this  new  work  properly  it  will  be  necessary 
to  erect  buildings  for  teachers,  for  hospital  assistants,  for  translators 
and  clerks,  four  bungalows,  a  hospital  building,  dormitories  for  the  mid¬ 
dle  English  school,  and  church  buildings,  and  to  purchase  other  equip¬ 
ment.  This  project  will  cost  $80,000. 

Houses  for  native  workers,  $1,000. 

Mission  bungalows,  $15,000. 

Hospital,  $20,000. 

Middle  English  School  and  Dormitories,  $20,000. 

Two  church  buildings,  Imphal  and  Kangpokpi,  $15,000. 

Bhimpore,  Bengal- Orissa.  At  Bhimpore  we  have  a  large  and 
important  village  educational  system  comprising  sixty  schools  scat¬ 
tered  throughout  the  Santal  field.  The  work  has  already  outgrown 
the  equipment  and  if  we  are  to  respond  to  the  opportunity  we  must 
build  new  hostels,  school  buildings,  teachers’  houses,  etc.  This  will 
mean  an  outlay  of  at  least  $40,000  to  meet  the  present  pressing  needs. 
If  we  are  to  take  care  of  the  future  we  shall  need  a  much  larger  invest¬ 
ment,  but  $40,000  is  needed  for  the  present  requirements. 

Jamshedpur,  Bengal-Orissa.  India  has  just  embarked  upon  the 
steel  industry.  The  Tata  Iron  and  Steel  Company  is  erecting  a  great 
plant.  It  is  already  turning  out  more  than  2,000  tons  of  finished  pro¬ 
duct  daily,  and  Jamshedpur,  which  was  only  a  few  years  ago  a  small 
Indian  village,  is  now  a  city  of  60,000  and  before  1924  the  company 
expects  that  the  population  will  have  reached  at  least  250,000.  Land 
has  been  given  by  the  company  to  the  Foreign  Mission  Society  and  two 
missionary  families  are  already  on  the  field.  If  the  Baptists  are  to 
render  any  adequate  service  in  this  great  community  we  must  erect 
churches,  mission  residences,  schools,  dormitories,  community  buildings, 
etc.  The  total  cost  of  this  project  will  be  over  $100,000. 

Workingmen’s  hostel,  $10,000. 

Mission  residences,  $20,000. 

English  church  building,  $50,000. 

Community  Hall  for  Indians,  $50,000. 

Indian  evangelist’s  quarters,  $4,000. 

Indian  church  and  pastor’s  residence,  $10,000. 

Europe.  In  Denmark  the  Foreign  Mission  Society  is  asked  to  con¬ 
tribute  Kroner  30,000  per  annum  (about  $7,500  at  ordinary  rates  of 
exchange)  for  five  years  toward  the  erection  of  a  training  school,  on  the 
understanding  that  the  Danish  Baptists  will  contribute  a  like  amount 
for  the  same  purpose. 

Almost  under  the  shadow  of  the  North  Cape,  far  within  the  Arctic 
Circle,  the  Baptists  of  Norway  are  establishing  a  mission  for  deep-sea 
fishermen  who  go  by  tens  of  thousands  to  that  region  in  the  spring  and 
summer.  The  building,  now  under  process  of  construction,  will  cost 
$15,000,  of  which  $8,000  is  promised  by  the  Foreign  Mission  Society. 

In  Czecho-Slovakia.  Money  will  be  required  for  the  establishment 
of  a  theological  seminary  at  Prague.  In  lending  assistance  in  Czecho¬ 
slovakia  the  Foreign  Mission  Society  plans  cooperation  with  the  Bap¬ 
tists  of  England  and  probably  with  the  Baptists  of  Sweden  and  Norway. 

Help  should  be  given  in  the  reconstruction  of  church  buildings  in 

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Poland  and  in  other  sections  of  eastern^Europe.  where  the  years  of  war¬ 
fare  have  resulted  in  such  terrible  devastation. 

Church  Buildings  and  Chapels.  Adequate  buildings  for  worship 
are  as  essential  in  non-Christian  lands  as  in  America.  When  a  church 
in  India  or  China  has  no  edifice  its  work  is  seriously  hampered.  The 
appropriations  range  all  the  way  from  $1,000  to  $60,000,  depending 
upon  the  location  of  the  church.  This  furnishes  an  admirable  oppor¬ 
tunity  for  some  church  in  America  to  erect  in  the  non-Christian  world 
a  building  which  shall  be  the  home  for  a  sister  church.  Some  of  the 
buildings  needed  are  as  follows: 


South  India 

Donakonda .  $2,000 

Sooriapett .  2,500 

Madira .  1,500 

Nellore . 2,000 

Kanigiri .  1,000 

China 

Swatow  Institutional  Church . .  60,000 

Shanghai  Institutional  Church .  60,000 

Japan 

Shiogama . 6,000 

Yotsuya  (additional) .  15,000 

Kyobashi .  22,000 

Osaka .  10,000 

Mito .  20,000 

Inland  Sea .  10,000 

Belgian  Congo 

Banza  Manteke .  3,000 

Philippine  Islands 

Jaro .  25,000 


Mission  Residences.  Every  missionary  requires  a  home,  whether 
he  works  in  Montana  or  in  India,  and  he  must  have  some  degree  of 
comfort  and  convenience  if  his  health  is  not  to  be  broken  down  and  if 
he  is  to  render  the  greatest  service.  The  cost  of  residences  varies  with 
the  field,  running  all  the  way  from  $2,000  to  $15,000.  A  large  number 
of  residences  are  needed  at  once  and  specific  gifts  for  this  purpose  will 
be  welcome.  The  Foreign  Mission  Society  will  be  glad  to  designate  the 
particular  location  to  any  church  or  individual  interested  in  the  matter. 

Automobiles.  The  value  of  the  individual  missionary  can  be  very 
greatly  increased  by  the  use  of  an  automobile.  There  are  thousands  of 
miles  of  the  finest  government  roads  in  British  India  and  the  Philippine 
Islands.  One  of  our  doctors  who  used  to  require  eighteen  hours  to  go 
from  Ongole  to  Nellore  can  now  make  the  run  in  less  than  three  hours. 
Think  of  the  value  of  those  hours  that  are  saved.  A  missionary  now 
makes  a  trip  in  the  Philippine  Islands  in  five  hours  which  a  few  years 
ago  took  three  days.  The  cost  of  an  automobile  is  approximately 
$1,200  in  the  Orient  and  75  new  machines  are  now  required. 

The  Ministry  of  Healing.  The  medical  work  on  the  foreign  field 
is  one  of  the  most  important  phases  of  our  missionary  effort.  There  is 


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no  door  so  effective  as  the  door  of  the  hospital  into  the  hearts  of  men  and 
women,  multitudes  of  whom  are  suffering  from  disease.  Our  medical 
missionaries  have  rendered  a  most  remarkable  service,  following  in  the 
footsteps  of  the  Great  Physician,  and  they  have  been  able  to  lead 
thousands  of  people  into  spiritual  fellowship  with  Christ.  Hospitals 
are  needed  on  many  of  our  fields  and  some  of  the  hospitals  are  already 
outgrown. 

Several  new  hospitals  are  required  in  China.  The  exact  location  has 
not  yet  been  determined  and  it  is  impossible  to  give  the  exact  cost  of 
each  in  view  of  the  marked  changes  in  exchange,  but  the  American 
Baptist  Foreign  Mission  Society  will  be  glad  to  furnish  as  definite 
information  as  possible  to  any  one  who  may  inquire. 


Ilf  you  have  read  the  preceding  pages  carefully  you  must  have 
noticed  how  much  attention  the  Foreign  Mission  Society  is  giving  to 
educational  work  in  the  Orient.  That  does  not  mean  that  it  is  giving 
less  attention  to  evangelization.  We  have  come  to  see  that  we  can 
never  hope  to  evangelize  the  Orient  with  American  missionaries.  We 
could  not  possibly  send  enough  of  them  over  to  accomplish  our  end. 
Little  by  little  we  are  learning  that  the  evangelization  of  the  Orient 
must  be  by  the  Orientals  themselves.  Hence  our  schools.  An  invest¬ 
ment  in  one  of  these  institutions,  now,  means  an  investment  in  thou- 

J  sands  of  preachers,  teachers,  evangelists  and  Bible  women  for  gener¬ 
ations  to  come.  And  these  are  the  people  who  will  take  the  Orient  for 
Christ.  If  you  will  give  us  the  opportunity  we  will  open  a  most 
interesting  correspondence  that  will  engage  the  attention  of  your  mind 
and  heart.  In  what  are  you  most  interested?  Let  us  tell  you  more 
about  it,  send  you  some  pictures,  or  better  still,  send  some  one  who  has 
been  there,  to  tell  you  about  it. 

“If  I  have  eaten  my  morsel  alone,” 

The  Patriarch  spake  in  scorn; 

What  would  he  think  of  the  Church  were  he  shown 
Heathendom,  huge,  forlorn, 

Godless,  Christless,  with  souls  unfed, 

While  the  Church’s  ailment  is  fulness  of  bread 
Eating  her  morsel  alone? 

“I  am  debtor  alike  to  the  Jew  and  the  Greek,” 

The  mighty  Apostle  cried: 

Traversing  continents  souls  to  seek, 

For  love  of  the  Crucified. 

Centuries,  centuries  have  sped, 

Millions  are  perishing,  we  have  bread; 

But  we  eat  our  morsel  alone. 

“Freely  ye  have  received,  so  give,” 

Bade  He  Who  hath  given  us  all; 

How  shall  the  soul  in  us  longer  live, 

Deaf  to  their  starving  call, 

For  whom  the  blood  of  the  Lord  was  shed, 

And  his  body  broken  to  give  them  bread, 

If  we  eat  our  morsel  alone? 

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WOMAN’S  AMERICAN  BAPTIST  FOREIGN 

MISSION  SOCIETY 

The  work  of  the  Woman’s  American  Baptist  Foreign  Mission  Society 
is  the  ministry  of  the  women  of  the  Occident  for  the  women  and  the 
children  of  the  Orient.  Any  one  who  knows  the  pitiable  plight  of  the 
women  of  the  East  must  find  a  warm  spot  in  his  heart  for  this  wonderful 
work  of  the  women  of  the  West.  In  these  pages  we  can  only  hint  at  a 
few  of  the  many  ministries  which  the  women  are  carrying  on,  for  they 
follow  with  a  touch  of  the  woman’s  hand  wherever  the  representatives 
of  the  General  Society  blaze  the  trail. 

ASSAM 

Gauhati:  Satribari  Girls’  School . $7,200 

This  is  a  school  built  on  the  dormitory  plan.  Already  there  is  a  school 
building,  a  residence  for  our  missionaries  and  four  cottages.  The 
amount  asked  for  is  needed  to  complete  the  auditorium  ($800),  to  build 
some  small  houses  for  the  native  teachers  ($1,200),  to  build  a  fifth 
cottage  ($3,200),  and  for  other  equipment.  The  school  now  numbers 
120  students. 

Golaghat:  School  for  Girls . $11,000 

This  school  is  like  the  one  at  Gauhati.  More  land,  however,  must  be 
purchased  immediately  ($500),  cottages  erected  for  the  teachers 
($1,200),  a  weaving  shed  for  the  school  ($300),  and  a  mission  bungalow 
and  cottages  ($9,000).  The  school  is  now  housed  in  temporary  native 
buildings. 

Impur:  Woman’s  Bungalow . $5,000 

This  is  for  the  work  among  the  Nagas  in  the  hills  of  Assam.  Recently 
two  of  our  young  women  have  gone  to  this  isolated  station  to  work 
among  the  women  and  girls.  These  young  women  are  now  boarding 
around  with  the  missionary  families,  but  must  have  a  home  of  their 
own. 

Impur:  Girls’  School .  $2,500 

A  school  building  is  needed  for  the  Naga  girls.  They  are  bright  and 
eager  to  obtain  a  Christian  education. 

Nowgong:  Building  for  the  High  School  Department. . .  $10,000 

We  have  a  fine  Elementary  and  Normal  School,  the  only  one  of  its 
kind  in  Assam,  with  an  enrolment  of  226.  Although  Baptists  have  been 
in  Assam  since  1836  there  has  never  been  any  high  school  for  girls. 
Such  opportunities  are  afforded  the  young  men,  and  now  that  the  girls 
are  ready  we  should  offer  a  Christian  education  which  will  allow  them 
to  take  a  higher  place  in  the  homes  and  the  schools  of  Assam. 

Nowgong:  Woman’s  Bungalow . $7,000 

The  house  in  which  our  missionaries  live  in  Nowgong  is  old,  and  unless 
we  expect  it  to  fall  over  the  heads  of  our  missionary  girls,  a  new  house 
should  be  provided  in  the  course  of  the  next  year  or  two.  At  best  it  is 
difficult  to  live  in  Assam,  and  a  suitable  house  for  our  four  missionaries 
should  replace  the  old  one. 


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BENGAL-ORISSA 

Balasore  and  Midnapore:  Houses  for  School  Matrons . $1,200 

These  are  just  small,  simple  houses  on  native  lines,  for  the  homes  of 
the  Indian  teachers. 

SOUTH  INDIA  (TELUGUS) 

Nellore:  Purchase  of  Compound . $3,000 

Our  girls’  schools  have  almost  crowded  all  other  work  off  the  old 
compound  at  Nellore,  so  that  it  has  seemed  advisable  for  the  property 
to  be  owned  and  used  entirely  for  the  women’s  work. 

Nellore:  Elementary  and  Normal  School . $6,500 

The  enrolment  of  this  training  school  consists  of  125  girls,  who  are 
preparing  to  become  primary  and  kindergarten  teachers.  A  strong 
Christianizing  agency.  Repairs  and  remodeling  should  be  done  on  the 
old  buildings  and  suitable  accommodation  provided  for  the  kindergarten 
department. 

Donakonda:  Bethel  Woman’s  Home . $500 

This  Home  has  been  opened  to  care  for  some  of  the  forlorn  little 
widows,  who  are  capable  of  being  trained  for  some  useful  occupation. 
They  learn  to  care  for  their  children,  to  cut  and  gather  grass,  to  spin 
and  weave.  The  little  Home  is  still  incomplete. 

Donakonda:  Girls’  School  Building . $1,500 

This  is  to  provide  more  adequately  for  the  54  girls  enrolled,  who  in 
addition  to  their  studies  work  in  the  garden  and  in  the  industrial  depart¬ 
ment  of  the  school. 

Kavali:  School  Building . $8,000 

This  is  the  school  at  the  Eurukala  Settlement.  Of  the  360  enrolled 
300  are  from  criminal  homes.  Daily  Bible  class,  Sunday  school  and 
Christian  Endeavor  are  regular  parts  of  the  curriculum. 

Cumbum,  Hanumakonda,  Secunderabad,  Sooriapett, 
Madira,  Markapur,  Sattenapalle,  Kurnool:  School 
Buildings . $60,000 

At  all  these  stations  it  is  many  years  since  any  money  has  been  given 
for  the  girls’  schools.  These  are  all  very  needy  places,  where  famine 
and  cholera  have  made  it  impossible  for  the  people  to  help  themselves. 

Woman’s  Bible  Training  School . $30,000 

To  serve  the  whole  of  the  Telugu  Mission.  At  present  the  school  has 
no  buildings  or  equipment.  It  should  at  once  be  provided  with  build¬ 
ings  and  every  facility  for  training  women  for  evangelistic  work. 

BURMA 

Prome:  School  Plant . $14,000 

Prome  is  the  largest  center  between  Rangoon  and  Mandalay.  The 

city  itself  has  a  population  of  30,000,  and  the  district  400,000.  The 
school  has  an  enrolment  of  180  and  with  small,  inadequate  buildings 
and  poor  equipment  is  struggling  to  keep  ahead  of  the  heathen  schools. 
If  Baptists  hold  this  Burman  center  educationally,  new  buildings  must 
be  immediately  provided. 


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Moulmein:  Dormitory  for  Talain  School .  . $1,500 

The  only  center  for  work  among  the  Talains,  an  interesting  people  of 
Burma.  They  have  done  much  to  help  themselves,  but  because  of 
failure  of  the  rice  crop  and  the  high  cost  of  living  must  have  some 
assistance. 

Toungoo:  Bungalow  for  Single  Women  Missionaries . $8,000 

On  the  Paku  Karen  Compound  there  is  no  house  for  the  women 
missionaries.  They  must  board  with  the  other  missionaries  or  be 
homeless. 

Namkham:  Teachers’  Houses . $460 

For  work  among  the  hill  tribes,  where  education  is  in  its  beginnings. 
These  houses  will  be  built  in  native  style  but  are  necessary  as  the 
teachers  must  live  on  the  school  compound. 

Sagaing:  More  Room! . $2,500 

One  of  two  things  must  be  done;  either  there  must  be  more  room  for 
the  girls’  school  or  a  house  for  the  woman  missionary.  The  present 
enrolment  of  the  school  is  156. 

Taunggyi:  Girls’  Dormitory . $1,000 

Taunggyi  is  a  beautiful  hill  station  among  the  Shans,  a  most  interest¬ 
ing  tribe  for  which  very  little  has  been  done  for  the  women  and  girls. 

Pegu:  Girls’  School  Building . $7,000 

Land  has  been  purchased  for  a  new  school  building.  The  present  site 
is  in  a  poor  location  where  it  has  been  several  times  under  water  and  the 
building  overcrowded.  The  school  has  80  pupils. 

Tharrawaddy:  High  School  Building . $10,000 

This  school  is  one  of  the  largest  of  the  Karen  schools.  It  has  worked 
for  years  with  small,  crowded  buildings  and  poor  equipment,  and  has 
never  received  much  assistance  from  America.  Now  the  need  for  a 
high  school  building  for  this  fine  school  is  urgent. 

Sandoway:  Bungalow  for  Women  Missionaries . $5,000 

What  would  a  comfortably  housed  Baptist  at  home  say  to  living  in 
an  isolated  place  like  Sandoway  in  an  old,  dark  house  with  a  thatch 
roof,  from  which  the  scorpions  and  spiders  drop  upon  the  dining  table 
and  the  beds?  This  is  the  present  situation.  A  new  house  is  needed  to 
make  two  brave  women  comfortable. 

PHILIPPINE  ISLANDS 

Iloilo:  Bible  and  Kindergarten  Training  School . $50,000 

There  is  no  other  school  of  its  kind  in  the  Islands,  outside  of  Manila. 
The  present  site  is  far  too  small.  The  building  is  an  old  Spanish  house, 
poorly  adapted  for  school  purposes,  and  too  small  to  accommodate  the 
kindergarten  department,  which  is  in  rented  quarters  an  eighth  of  a 
mile  away.  Needs:  new  location  and  buildings,  including  dormitories, 
classroom,  chapel,  laboratory,  kindergarten  rooms,  and  gymnasium. 
Wonderful  opportunity  just  now! 


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AFRICA  (BELGIAN  CONGO) 

Banza  Manteke,  Sona  Bata,  Vanga:  Medical  Work  $13,000 
Woman’s  wards  in  hospitals,  and  nurses’  bungalows. 

Ntondo:  Girls’  Dormitory . $300 

A  plain,  brick  house  with  corrugated  iron  roof  where  the  girls  come 
in  to  school  from  their  jungle  villages. 

Vanga:  School  Buildings  for  Girls .  . $2,500 


This  is  a  new  station  where  the  girls  are  only  just  beginning  to  learn 
the  meaning  of  a  Christian  education.  At  present  they  are  living  in  a 
little  mud  hut.  Two  Baptist  girls  are  living  in  that  isolated  town. 
Why  not  back  them  up  with  suitable  equipment  for  their  work? 

EAST  CHINA 

Huchow:  Land  and  Girls’  Dormitory . $10,000 

This  girls’  school  is  steadily  growing  in  influence  and  numbers. 
More  land  is  needed  adjoining  the  present  site  and  a  dormitory  should 
be  built  at  once.  It  has  an  enrolment  of  50  girls. 

Ningpo:  Land  for  Riverside  Girls’  Academy . $15,000 

The  city  wall  behind  the  site  purchased  for  the  new  buildings  is  to  be 
taken  down.  A  narrow  strip  will  then  become  available  for  sale.  It 
should  be  purchased  to  protect  what  has  already  been  bought. 

Ningpo:  Home  for  American  and  Chinese  Nurses . $10,000 

This  is  in  connection  with  the  hospital.  The  nurses  must  now  board 
some  distance  away.  This  is  inconvenient  and  wastes  energy  and 
efficiency. 

Shaohsing:  Dormitory  for  Nurses . $10,500 

The  nurses  are  obliged  to  live  in  the  hospital,  where  there  is  neither 
room  nor  suitable  accommodations  for  them. 

Shaohsing:  Buildings  for  Girls’  School . $40,000 

The  present  buildings  are  too  small  and  overcrowded.  There  is  only 
one  other  small  elementary  Christian  school  for  girls  in  this  city  of 
350,000.  What  an  opportunity  if  better  equipment  and  larger  buildings 
could  be  provided ! 


SOUTH  CHINA 

Kityang:  Girls’  School . ? . $8,000 

The  present  rented  quarters  are  small  dark  rooms,  opening  directly 
on  the  street  and  on  the  river  where  a  nearby  boat  landing  leads  many 
men  to  gather.  There  is  no  yard  and  the  verandas  are  out  of  repair. 
New  buildings  are  urgent  for  this  school  of  35  girls,  to  which  many  more 
will  come  as  soon  as  there  is  room. 

Chaochowfu:  Land,  and  Improvement  in  Present  Build¬ 
ings  of  Girls’  School . $4,000 

This  school  is  located  in  the  heart  of  this  conservative  old  Chinese 
city,  part  of  a  block  already  secured.  About  twenty  small  shops  remain 
to  be  purchased  which  now  jut  into  the  property.  There  is  space  needed 
for  a  playground  and  enlargement  of  the  buildings.  The  enrolment 
is  60. 


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Swatow:  Girls’  School:  $6,000;  Land  for  Woman’s  Center, 
$15,000;  Missionary  Residence:  $8,000. 

This  is  for  work  begun  in  connection  with  the  new  institutional 
church.  The  Woman’s  Society  owns  no  property  but  has  already  sent 
a  young  woman  to  be  connected  with  the  work.  She  has  no  house  in 
which  to  live. 

Kaying:  Development  of  Work  Among  Hakka  Women 
and  Girls . $50,000 

There  should  be  an  enlargement  of  the  present  school  building  to 
provide  for  the  high  school  department  just  opened,  land  purchased 
nearer  the  city  and  suitable  buildings  erected  for  a  training  school  for 
women.  There  should  also  be  several  day  schools  in  the  villages  and 
towns  around  to  serve  as  feeders  for  the  larger  school  of  higher  grade 
in  Kaying.  The  work  waits  for  Baptist  gifts  and  cooperation. 

Chaoyang:  Land  and  Building  for  Girls’  School  and 
Missionary  Bungalow . $5,000 

In  this  interesting  city  there  is  a  well  organized  school  for  boys,  but 
nothing  has  been  done  for  the  girls.  How  long  must  they  wait? 

WEST  CHINA 

Chengtu:  Union  Normal  School  for  Girls  $10,000 

The  imperative  need  in  West  China  is  trained  teachers  for  the  schools 
of  that  great  province.  In  rented  buildings  of  Chinese  style,  with  almost 
no  equipment,  this  Normal  School  has  struggled  along  to  meet  this 
situation.  Money  should  be  provided  for  permanent,  suitable  buildings 
in  this  capital  city  of  Szchuan. 

Suifu:  Kindergarten  Building  and  Playground . $5,000 

A  small  temporary  building  has  served  the  Cecelia  Kindergarten,  but 
the  time  has  come  to  enlarge  the  work  and  to  show  to  the  mothers  of 
Suifu  the  importance  and  significance  of  care  and  development  of  the 
children. 

Yachowfu:  School  Plant . $10,000 

A  few  years  ago  land  was  purchased,  together  with  several  old  build¬ 
ings  in  which  the  school  and  missionaries  are  now  living.  These  should 
be  remodeled  or  replaced  by  new  buildings.  An  isolated  city,  and  two 
women  there  working  without  proper  buildings  and  equipment! 

JAPAN 

Himeji:  Land  for  School  Building . $4,000 

A  remarkably  fine  piece  of  land  (3j/£  acres)  has  come  into  the  market 
at  very  low  figure.  This  is  partly  paid  for  and  a  balance  of  $4,000  is 
needed. 

Himeji:  Gymnasium,  $15,000;  Dormitory,  $12,000;  Recitation 
Hall  Enlargement,  $5,000. 

Morioka:  Land,  $5,000;  Mission  Residence,  $8,000;  Kinder¬ 
garten,  $9,000. 


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Morioka  is  in  a  district  of  500,000  for  which  Baptists  are  responsible. 
The  kindergarten  building  is  over  one  hundred  years  old.  There  is  no 
residence  for  our  missionaries.  Japanese  mothers  recognize  the  need, 
and  realizing  what  Christian  influence  means  in  their  homes  have 
already  contributed  $750  for  furnishing  the  kindergarten  building. 

Sendai:  Land,  $15,000;  Dormitory,  $15,000;  Kindergarten, 

$4,000. 

In  so  many  cases  in  our  mission  history,  short-sighted  policy  has  been 
followed,  for  lack  of  sufficient  money  and  land.  The  only  direction 
where  this  fine  school  (only  two  of  this  grade  in  all  North  Japan)  can 
expand  is  across  the  street.  Land  can  be  secured  now.  Unless  there  is 
quick  action  taken  it  may  be  sought  for  a  non-Christian  boys’  school 
or  for  military  barracks.  The  present  dormitory  when  remodeled  was 
guaranteed  to  last  for  five  years.  The  time  is  up  and  a  new  building 
should  be  provided.  The  enrolment  is  130.  Repairs  will  use  up  for 
temporary  relief  what  might  far  better  go  into  the  new  dormitory.  At 
present  the  kindergarten  meets  in  the  gymnasium.  This  limits  use  of  the 
room  for  its  original  purpose  and  is  unsatisfactory  in  that  it  is  unattrac¬ 
tive  and  not  fitted  for  kindergarten  purposes.  A  corner  of  the  present 
compound  can  be  used  for  this  building. 

Tokyo:  Girls’  Commercial  School . $75,000 

Japanese  girls  are  entering  business  offices.  They  obtain  indifferent 
training  in  non-Christian  schools  of  low  grade.  They  live  in  boarding 
houses  of  questionable  character.  They  are  without  proper  supervision 
both  in  and  out  of  office  hours.  Conditions  are  bad  in  every  way.  We 
own  a  valuable  site  in  the  centre  of  Tokyo.  Here  the  Woman’s  Society 
and  the  Japan  Mission  are  planning  to  open  in  April,  1922,  a  school  to 
give  the  girls  of  new  Japan  a  commercial  training  with  a  strong  Christian 
background,  to  fit  them  to  withstand  the  temptations  of  business  life, 
to  provide  them  with  a  Christian  home  out  of  working  hours,  and  in 
every  way  possible  to  improve  the  conditions  under  which  thousands  of 
Japanese  girls  are  now  obliged  to  live.  The  plans  which  are  being  made 
will  provide  for  400  students.  The  present  buildings  are  old  and  must 
be  taken  down,  with  the  exception  of  the  mission  residence,  which 
must  be  remodeled  and  removed  to  another  part  of  the  compound. 
This  will  cost  $5,000.  Other  needs  are  Dormitories,  $12,000;  School 
Building,  $35,000;  Chapel,  $25,000. 

Business  men  and  women,  attention.  Christian  women  in  the  busi¬ 
ness  offices  of  Japan  is  Good  Business. 

COOPERATIVE  WORK 
Union  Schools  and  Colleges 

Baptist  women  have  been  the  leaders  in  the  establishment  of  union 
Christian  schools  and  colleges  where  the  graduates  of  our  Baptist 
schools  can  be  trained  for  positions  of  greater  responsibility  in  our 
schools  and  hospitals.  Until  these  institutions  are  provided  with  suit¬ 
able  buildings  and  equipment,  funds  are  urgently  needed.  These 
demands,  large  though  they  may  seem,  are  small  compared  with  what 
they  would  be  if  Baptists  undertook  this  work  alone.  An  imperative 
need  if  the  Orient  is  to  be  Christian.  The  following  should  be  secured 
for  capital  fund  for  land,  buildings  and  equipment: 


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Union  Christian  College  for  Women,  Madras, 

India .  $50,000.00 

Union  Missionary  Medical  School  for  Women, 

Vellore,  India .  125,000.00 

Woman’s  Christian  College  of  Japan,  Tokyo, 

Japan .  210,000.00 

Ginling  College,  Nanking,  China .  172,400.00 

Union  Girls’  High  School,  Hangchow,  China.  20,000.00 
Union  Normal  School  for  Girls,  Chengtu, 

China . 13,000.00 

Union  Medical  Missionary  College  for  Women, 

Shanghai,  China .  175,000.00 

Union  Bible  Training  School  for  Women, 

Nanking,  China .  10,000.00 


Translate  these  amounts  into  rolling  acres,  classrooms,  dormitories, 
chapels,  gymnasiums,  laboratories,  libraries — in  fact,  everything  that 
make  a  Christian  institution  worthy  of  the  name. 

Literature 

No  greater  need  exists  before  the  Christian  world  than  that  of  sup¬ 
plying  Christian  literature  to  the  Orient.  Why  should  Japan’s  book¬ 
stores  be  lined  with  Russian,  Norwegian,  and  French  books?  Why 
should  American  cigarettes  be  found  in  every  little  village  of  China? 
Why  should  India  be  flooded  with  sensational  and  propaganda  papers 
and  leaflets?  Why  not  Christian  papers,  magazines  and  books? 

For  spreading  the  ideals  and  standards  of  the 
Christian  faith .  $25,000.00 


A  PRAYER 

O  GOD,  we  pray  for  Thy  Church,  which  is  set  today  among 
the  perplexities  of  a  changing  order,  and  face  to  face  with  a  great 
new  task.  We  remember  with  love  the  nurture  she  gave  to  our 
spiritual  life  in  its  infancy,  the  tasks  she  set  for  our  growing 
strength,  the  influence  of  the  devoted  hearts  she  gathers,  the  stead¬ 
fast  power  for  good  she  has  exerted.  When  we  compare  her  with 
all  other  human  institutions  we  rejoice,  for  there  is  none  like  her. 
Oh,  baptize  her  afresh  in  the  life-giving  spirit  of  Jesus.  Grant  her 
a  new  birth,  though  it  be  with  the  travail  of  repentance  and 
humiliation.  Bestow  upon  her  a  more  imperious  responsiveness  to 
duty,  a  swifter  compassion  with  suffering,  and  an  utter  loyalty  to 
the  will  of  God.  Put  upon  her  lips  the  ancient  gospel  of  her  Lord. 
Help  her  to  proclaim  boldly  the  coming  of  the  Kingdom  of  God  and 
the  doom  of  all  that  resist  it.  Fill  her  with  the  prophet’s  scorn  of 
tyranny,  and  with  a  Christ-like  tenderness  for  the  heavy-laden  and 
the  down-trodden.  Make  her  valiant  to  give  up  her  life  to 
humanity,  that  like  her  crucified  Lord  she  may  mount  by  the  path 
of  the  cross  to  a  higher  glory.  Amen.— Walter  Rauschenbusch. 


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COOPERATING  SOCIETIES  AND  BOARDS 
AND  AFFILIATING  ORGANIZATIONS 


American  Baptist  Foreign  Mission  Society- 
Woman’s  American  Baptist  Foreign  Mission  Society 
The  American  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society 
Woman’s  American  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society 
American  Baptist  Publication  Society 
Ministers  and  Missionaries  Benefit  Board 
Board  of  Education 
35  State  Conventions 
11  Standard  City  Mission  Societies 

Correspondence  regarding  any  item  in  the  foregoing  pages  may  be 
addressed  to  The  General  Board  of  Promotion  or  any  one  of  the  national 
societies  at  276  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York  City,  with  the  exception  that 
the  American  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society  should  be  addressed  at 
23  East  26th  Street,  New  York.  The  State  Conventions  and  City 
Mission  Societies  may  be  addressed  at  their  respective  headquarters. 


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LEGACIES  AND  ANNUITIES 

It  is  possible  that  this  pamphlet  may  come  into  the  hands  of 
some  one  who  is  interested  in  the  work  which  we  have  outlined 
but  is  not  in  a  position  to  undertake  at  present  as  large  a  share  as 
he  would  like  in  this  program.  To  such  person  we  would  suggest 
the  possibility  of  making  provision  in  his  will  for  such  part  as  he 
can  not  now  provide  for  in  a  direct  gift.  The  wishes  of  the  donor 
will  be  carried  out  to  the  letter  by  any  of  the  organizations 
where  work  is  outlined  herein. 

There  are  many  who  require  a  generous  income  upon  their 
funds  during  their  life  time  but  would  like  to  have  their  money 
go  to  some  great  enterprise  upon  their  death.  Almost  any  one 
of  the  organizations  represented  in  this  booklet  would  be  glad 
to  receive  a  fund  designated  for  some  special  object,  and  will 
pay  to  the  donor  during  his  life  or  the  life  of  another,  a  generous 
interest  and  when  the  trust  is  fulfilled  devote  the  residue  to  the 
object  selected  by  the  donor. 

The  General  Board  of  Promotion  solicits  correspondence  re¬ 
garding  the  work  of  any  of  these  organizations  or  institutions 
and  will  be  glad  to  furnish  the  legal  name  of  any  of  them,  and 
advise  without  expense  as  to  the  proper  manner  of  preparing  a 
will  or  bequest. 

Address : 

THE  GENERAL  BOARD  OF  PROMOTION 
276  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York  City 


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LITERATURE 

Some  of  the  timely  publications  of  The  General  Board  of  Promotion 
New  World  Movement 

Achieving  the  Impossible.  J.  Y.  Aitchison . Free 

New  World  Movement  Calendar . 30c 

New  World  Movement  Goal — How  to  Reach  It . Free 

The  Spirit  of  the  New  World  Movement.  Frank  W.  Padelford  .  Free 
Survey  of  the  Fields  and  Work  of  The  Northern  Baptist  Convention  Free 

Foreign  Missions — General 

Facts  of  Opportunity.  Summary  of  Year . Free 

Philippine  Islands:  Missionary  Cameralogs  Series . 10c 

Missionary  Surveys  Series:  Japan,  Philippines,  General  .  each  lc 

Shanghai  College . Free 

Swatow  Baptist  Academy . Free 

Foreign  Missions — Woman’s 

Bible  and  Kindergarten  Training  School,  Iloilo,  P.  I.  Nellie  G. 

Prescott .  5c 

Kindergarten  Series: 

An  Oriental  Pearl  (West  China) .  3c 

Kindergartens  in  India .  5c 

Little  Maikon  (Assam) .  3c 

The  Hangchow  Kindergarten  (East  China) .  3c 

The  Swatow  Kindergarten  (South  China) .  3c 

Six  Programs  (Home  and  Foreign) . Free 

Home  Missions— General 

Baptist  Beginnings  in  Nicaragua . Free 

Glimpses  of  the  Salvador  Mission . Free 

Progress  in  Porto  Rico . Free 

Twenty  Years  in  Cuba . Free 

Progressive  and  Cooperative  Plan  of  Evangelism . Free 

Schools  for  Negroes.  Geo.  R.  Hovey . Free 

Home  Missions — Woman’s 

Judson  Neighborhood  House  (revised) .  5c 

Over  Here.  Containing  latest  news  and  suggestions . Free 

Six  Programs  (Home  and  Foreign) . Free 

Visit  to  Chinese  Baptist  Mission,  San  Francisco .  2c 


915-II-10M.-Jan.  1921 


